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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:39 AM Original message |
America's ready for a black president , aren't we ready for a black news talk show host? |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. got one, "Chocolate News"...... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. As far as realness... |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've complained to Air America that they refuse to hire Black or Hispanic hosts |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I listen to The Power, XM 169 all Black all day.... |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. doesn't air america |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. no those are syndicated go to airamerica.com all the weekday hosts are white. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. so they're not on the radio and/or they're not black? |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. I was complaining about AAR which calls itself "progressive" but isn't IMO |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Tavis Smiley's show on PBS is pretty good. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. Bryant Gumbel... Ed Bradley. |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yeah - I'm afraid we got the memo about Ed. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Too early in the AM... |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yeah - I'm dying for the 2nd cup myself |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. I doubt you'll ever see any of those three again. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. What network news talk shows do they host? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. We aren't ready for a woman to host a game show, a sunday morning chat show, so... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Damn right about that, this election clearly proved that point. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Meridith Viera does that Millionaire bit doesn't she? |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Viera was also the first woman on 60 minutes but left after only one year |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. It's always nice to hear when someone has the choice to spend more time with the |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
65. I believe Marlene Sanders and Diane Sawyers started before Viera n/t |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. well, I disagree with that sentiment. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
11. I thought Gwen Ifill would have been a good replacement for MTP |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. are you forgetting Larry Elder? |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. Roland Martin |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
16. Michael Eric Dyson |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. Welll, it's partly a matter of definitions |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. no black hosts on BET???? nt |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I was referring to cable news networks |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. CNN actually has many AA news anchors all day long and MSNBC has Tamryn Hall |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Remember Bernard Shaw at CNN? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yup. He was there for years. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
55. I wasn't a fan but he was head and shoulders over Wolf. |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Anchoring a show or appearing as a commentator are different than hosting a regular talk show |
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Blu Dahlia (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. CNN does a much better job with diversity |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Don Lemon is an AA weekend anchor at CNN.............. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
70. CNN has many minorities and women |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. It's the EXECUTIVE EDITORS of these networks who are all old white men. No diversity at THAT level |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
25. We don't have such issues in the UK |
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NYDem Observer (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. She's black? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I'm not sure why |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. From BBC I like |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I don't recognise her |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Mishal Hussein |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 04:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
69. Thanks |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. You mean like Ed Gordon for MTP? I LOVE IT! |
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psychmommy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. yummy ok, i pick him. he's a bet alum. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. And he's ALSO a good journalist. This was one of the rare times... |
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Blu Dahlia (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think they should have tapped Colin Powell |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. Back when CNN started... |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. Not black, but my favorite news show is hosted by an Indian |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. Alison Stewart used to fill in for Keith Olbermann. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. Arsenio Hall, Majic Johnson both had talk shows. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. Bernard Shaw |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Yes! That is the guy I was referring to up-thread.... |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. no, brown people are ugly. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. Well, I was hoping that only we white people are that dumb, rich and elitist. |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. like Tavis Smiley? Plus, I thought Ifill was on the short list... |
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Dammit Ann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. OPRAH. HELLO. Only the most powerful "talk show host" EVER. |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
49. I agree. |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. It seems like all the Black hosts are on PBS and NPR. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
66. Amen to that. PBS is the only source of info I even halfway trust. |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. I'd like a Lesbian Latino myself. OR |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. "I don't have anything against white men - in fact, some of my best friends . . . " |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. What about Make It Plain on Sirius Left? |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I don't think the OP was addressing talk radio |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
60. BET's Ed Gordon is great! I'd like to |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
62. Ted Turner once gave Jesse Jackson a talk show. It sucked. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-05-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Ted Turner once gave Tucker Carlson a talk show. IT sucked. That didn't stop anyone else |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. My point is, blacks HAVE hosted current affair programs. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. You can't possibly be serious . . . |
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