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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Do we need a black news network?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Former congressman J.C. Watts plans to start a black news network, but writer Mychal Massie criticizes the plan.
In an interview with the New York Post, Watts explained: “Our community features millions of people with all kinds of backgrounds. There’s a much broader segment of the population than what we see in mainstream news.”
But Massie writes: “If J.C. Watts wants to see more positive reporting about blacks, he should use his considerable cachet to get the heads of Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and the major networks on the phone. Perhaps one or more of them will give him a show.
“Luring black America to a segregated source of news, however, is not the answer.”
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