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This Week in Blackness: BET Doesn't Care About Black People

Elon James White | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment Television, Twib, Elon James White, Bet, This Week in Blackness, The Truth, Debra Lee, Media News

After the death of Michael Jackson, BET tried to help console the world and especially Black People about the his death. They failed miserably.

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BET Awards Ratings Highest Ever On Jackson Tribute

AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson BET Awards, Bet, BET Awards, BET Awards Ratings, Media News

NEW YORK — The BET Awards turned into an impromptu Michael Jackson tribute and preliminary ratings show that it will have the event's biggest au...

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BET, TV One Plan Extensive Inauguration Coverage

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Bet, TV One, Inauguration Coverage, Inauguration 2009, Barack Obama Inauguration, Media News

NEW YORK — BET and TV One, the television networks aimed primarily at a black audience, haven't paid much attention to presidential inauguration...

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T-Pain Parties Like a Rockstar

Danny Groner | Posted 11.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: DJ Khaled, Jive Records, B.E.T., Ludacris, Concert, Happiness, T-Pain, Entertainment News

I expected the rapper to play a few songs and then to call it a night. Instead, T-Pain gave the crowd what they wanted but couldn't have expected.

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BET Celebrates Obama Victory With Special Programming

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Jeff Johnson, Bet, Keli Goff, Media News

Anchoring a special report on Black Entertainment Television on Wednesday morning, Jeff Johnson introduced a reporter stationed in Atlanta, Jina Johns...

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"106 & Park" Celebrates 2000th Episode On BET

USA Today | Steve Jones | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media

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BET's influential fan-voted video countdown show, 106 & Park, celebrates its 2,000th episode tonight (6 ET/PT) with guests who include Jennifer Hudson...

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"The Truth With Jeff Johnson": BET Starts Weekly News Show

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — BET starts a weekly news program on Friday described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher with a black perspective. Cal...

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BET Expanding Political Coverage And Launching New Talk Show

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Black Entertainment Television, Bet, Media News

Black Entertainment Television announced today that they would be adding a new weekly political talk show -- The Truth with Jeff Johnson -- starting A...

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Television Unplugged? The Verdict on This Year's TV Upfronts

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Lifetime, Upfronts, Myspace, Nielsen, Fox, Tnt, Cbs, Comscore, Merrill Lynch, Apple, NBC Experience, Cnet, B.E.T., Disney, Gossip Girl, Ugc, Cw, Abc, Unilever, Univision, Kimmel, Pbs, Nbc, Hbo, Espn, Fox Business Channel, Advertising, Comedy Central, Hulu, Fox News, Trutv, Pepsico, Nbcu, Moonves, Ign, Ostroff, Tbs, Zucker, Turner, Silverman, Media News

Think of it as the Big Bang of Video.

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On Leaving The Tom Joyner Show

Tavis Smiley | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Apology, Tavis Smiley Tom Joyner, Tavis Smiley Quits Tom Joyner, Tom Joyner, Public Radio, Radio, Pbs, Friendship, Npr, Smiley Books, Tavis Smiley Projects, Bet, Announcement, Pri, Politics News

I had no idea that my dear friend Tom Joyner was going to share with you Friday morning what we had just discussed barely 12 hours earlier Thursday evening.

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Friday Talking Points [25] -- Place Your Bets On The Democratic Race!

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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We haven't done a contest here in a while, so I'm going to open the betting window today on the outcome of the Democratic race. To play, just post a ...

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Obama and the Grumpy Old Men

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Hispanics, Hawaii, Barbara Lee, Latinos, African-Americans, Atlanta, Chicago, Civil Rights, John Lewis, George W. Bush, Iraq, Echo Boom, Nevada, Latino Voters, Katrina, Bet, Democratic Primary, Illinois, Latino Issues, Bill Clinton, John Conyers, Baby Boomers, Older Voters, Charles Rangel, Andrew Young, Congressional Black Caucus, Gen Y, Attorney General, Jesse Jackson, Black Issues, Robert Johnson, Wellesley, Democrats, Barack Obama, New York, Young Voters, Maxine Waters, Cnn, Pollster, Martin Luther King, Iowa, South Carolina, Georgia, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Barry Goldwater, 1970s, Jim Clyburn, Senate, White Voters, Sidney Poitier, Politics News

Younger black activists and elected officials are unlikely to feel any loyalty to the Clintons, are engaged by a post-baby-boom candidate and feel more in sync with Obama on the issues.

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Chris Matthews Had the Guts to Apologize for Hillary Loathe, Don't Bet the Others Will do the Same

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Hardball, Christian Evangelicals, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Chris Matthews, Feminists, Bet, Democrats, Bob Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Hillary Martin Luther King, Robert Johnson, Hillary Clinton MLK, Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton, Chris Matthews Apology, Media News

Matthews like so many other yakking heads has gorged off the Hillary loathe industry. The industry has been by far the biggest growth industry in recent American politics.

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Founder Of BET Slams Obama In South Carolina

New York Times | Katharine Q. Seelye | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, who is campaigning today in South Carolina with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, just...

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Group Protests "Degrading" Music Videos

New York Times | Felicia R. Lee | Posted 11.05.2007 | Media

Read More: Enough Is Enough, Viacom, Mtv, Bet, Philippe Dauman, Media News

Wearing white T-shirts with red stop signs and chanting "BET does not reflect me, MTV does not reflect me," protesters have been gathering every Satur...

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Protesters Target Media Execs In Fight Against Demeaning Imagery

New York Times | Felicia Lee | Posted 11.04.2007 | Business

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Wearing white T-shirts with red stop signs and chanting "BET does not reflect me, MTV does not reflect me," protesters have been gathering every Satur...

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Observations

Princella Smith | Posted 10.08.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Black Women, BET Hip Hop vs. America, Nelly Video, Isiah Thomas New York Knicks, Anucha Browne Sanders, Feminism, Isiah Thomas, Isiah Thomas Sexual Harassment, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Feminism, Nelly Tip Drill, Sexual Harassment, Nelly, Hip Hop Women, Bet, Hip Hop Misogyny, Entertainment News

In BET's Hip Hop vs. America forum, rappers pleaded their cases against charges that they are misogynists and gang bangers with horrible influence on America's youth.

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BET Comes Of Age With Sixteen New Series

Washington Post | Paul Farhi | Posted 09.24.2007 | Home

Read More: Television, BET, New Television Season, Home News

Black Entertainment Television is 27 years old -- old enough, its top executives say, to start acting all grown up. The Washington-based cable networ...

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