Showing posts with label BET. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BET. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Smiley hammers Obama--from the left

December 10, 2014 Barack Obama , BET 0 Comments
Tavis Smiley Blasts Obama: 'Black Folk Don't Need Lectures'

Ian Hanchett, Dec. 9, 2014, Breitbart TV

After Smiley gave his criticism of Obama, and Hannity said the president was 0-3 on high-profile criminal cases, the two battled after it seemed the interview had concluded after Hannity brought up that Smiley had invited Louis Farrakhan to his conferences. Although, the fight didn't seem to be completely serious as both men smiled and laughed during and after that exchange.

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Monday, December 8, 2014

ANOTHER speech on "lasting/lingering/persistent" racism...

December 08, 2014 American History , Barack Obama 0 Comments
Obama: Racism ‘Deeply Rooted’ In U.S.

Dave Boyer, Dec. 7, 2014, Washington Times

“This is something that is deeply rooted in our society, it’s deeply rooted in our history,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with BET, a portion of which was released Sunday. “When you’re dealing with something as deeply rooted as racism or bias … you’ve got to have vigilance but you have to recognize that it’s going to take some time, and you just have to be steady so you don’t give up when we don’t get all the way there.”

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

But music calling women "B's" and "ho's" is okay

August 28, 2014 Associated Press , BET 0 Comments
BET Producer Suspended For Blue Ivy Joke 

By Associated Press / Page Six, Aug. 27, 2014, Pagesix.com

BET has suspended a producer after a joke about Beyoncé and Jay Z‘s daughter that aired Monday on the network’s music video countdown show, “106 & Park.”

A source at BET, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to discuss the matter publicly, said the producer was suspended after a remark about 2-year-old Blue Ivy‘s hair.

On Monday’s show during a segment about Blue Ivy’s hypothetical thoughts during Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, guest host Karrueche Tran said: “I really did wake up like this, because my parents never comb my hair.” Blue Ivy joined her mother onstage at the VMAs.

Stephen Hill, BET’s president of music programming and specials, publicly apologized on Twitter.

“Last night on 106 & Park there was a stupid, unthoughtful joke made about a young child,” Hill tweeted.

Hill also said the network privately apologized to Beyonce and Jay Z.

BET didn’t return an email seeking comment Wednesday.

Tran, who has dated singer Chris Brown, tweeted Tuesday that she did not write the joke. She wrote: “Now y’all know I LOVE me some Beyonce and Blue Ivy!”

Hill also tweeted that it was not Tran’s fault.

“We also apologize to her for putting her in that position,” he wrote.

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