Post Tagged with: "CNN"

29Apr
2010

Do Black Radio Personalities Speak For You?

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Do Black Radio Personalities Speak For You?

Earlier this month, Don Lemon hosted a discussion on CNN posing the question “are today’s black radio personalities black america’s new civil rights leaders?” He went on to explore with his guests, April Ryan, Bev Smith and Warren Ballentine, whether or not they spoke for or represented the voice of the “people”….black people. While no one actually claimed the titled of civil rights leader they did agree that it is through their broadcast that the issues most pertinent to black people get [...]

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7Jan
2010

The Media: Our New Security Breach?

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The Media: Our New Security Breach?

Only a couple short days ago, our President emerged from his situation room to let us all in on what happened the day of the failed bombing attempt on a Detroit bound flight this past holiday. Since then, and even prior to President Obama’s press conference, the media has been having a field day trying to shine the light on airport security flaws. Everything from drug sniffing dogs not passing their tests to unidentified “passengers” entering through the exit doors and [...]

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3Dec
2009

The TMZ Effect: No Judgement

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The TMZ Effect: No Judgement

By Keesha Boyd I suppose we should have expected it. In the age of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, iPhones and blogging, we should have expected that not even the news could resist the allure of 24 hour content. It makes sense that traditional news programming would want to be a part of, if not lead, the charge to provide compelling content faster and meet the “on demand” terms of the American public. That said, the other day I was tuned into [...]

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22Oct
2009

Spotlight On: Soledad O’Brien

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Spotlight On: Soledad O’Brien

“I define myself as multiracial. Definitions are important to other people. They make no difference to my life. I think my parents were sort of like. You’re a black girl. You’re a light skinned black girl – that’s what you are, and I don’t know if it was ever a really big issue…” – Soledad O’Brien  She was the investigative force behind CNN’s much talked about series, Black in America and Latino in America. Next to Roland Martin, she is usually [...]

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13Aug
2009

Spotlight On: Ruth Simmons

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Spotlight On: Ruth Simmons

Whether in the courtroom, the boardroom, the school system or the White House, women of color continue to shatter the proverbial glass ceiling. Such is definitely the case with Brown University President, Ruth Simmons, the first African American female head of an ivy league University.  Raised in the segregated town of Grapeland, TX, Ruth Simmons was one of twelve children between her sharecropper father and a mother who did domestic work for a living. Although neither of her parents were [...]

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5Aug
2009

Blacks on Reality TV: Where's The Diversity?

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Blacks on Reality TV: Where's The Diversity?

By Kailei Richardson When I read on Target Market News that it wasn’t CNN’s “Black in America 2” that took the #1 spot of black households last week but rather it was BET’s “Tiny & Toya,” I was more than heated! Maybe it was my disconcertion with BET and/or the lack of diverse images of Black Americans on television; or maybe it’s the unfortunate reality that though the most powerful couple in the United States is educated and Black, the [...]

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22Jul
2009

Black in America 2: What Did You Think?

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Black in America 2: What Did You Think?

Tonight CNN premiered Black in America 2 (2nd half airs Thursday, July 23), featuring stories including underprivileged Brooklyn teens’ exposure to and service in South Africa, a young affluent black male’s experience in a predominantly white private university, and the Management Leadership of Tomorrow MBA prep program. After last year’s first installment of the Black in America series, many criticized, with some feeling like CNN did not depict an accurate portrayal of “blacks in America.” Others were excited that CNN [...]

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15Jul
2009

The Road to Confirmation: A Game of “Gotcha!”

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The Road to Confirmation: A Game of “Gotcha!”

If you’ve been glued to CNN throughout the day then you’ve been witnessing the spectacle known as a “confirmation hearing” that is being held to evaluate Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the position of Supreme Court Justice. The process itself remains fairly consistent with previous confirmation hearings, yet and still something seems remarkably different. If confirmed, Judge Sotomayor will be the first Latina and the third female justice. So, it goes without saying that the most obvious difference between this confirmation [...]

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