The more I read things like what I posted below, the more I think that America is really doomed.
Former Republican congressman from Oklahoma J.C Watts is part of a small group of private investors who are pushing to launch a cable television network, tentatively called Black Television News Channel. It’s slated to launch in early 2009 and already has agreements with Comcast Cable to be carried in Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Baltimore. The news channel, which has been referred to as “a Black CNN”, would fill what former Oklahoman Watts calls a void in national news for the African-American. Watts, who is also a member of the board for Clear Channel, has partnered with two unnamed cable industry veterans to bankroll the start up.
Yes that’s right. Blacks are not allowed to watch the news channels we have now. I mean this is a joke right? What other groups are not being “served” by the over 12 news channels now available to most of the country? What exactly is a void of national news for black folks? Do CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX, CNBC, MSNBC et all produce and air stories that are only for white folks? Hmmmm I missed that news feature I guess.
What about all the other groups that don’t have their own News Network? Don’t the latinos need one cause the current networks don’t focus on ways to cross the border? Do gays need their own news network to focus on what heels go with what dress? Do American Indians need a news network to tell them what life is like on the reservation?
This shit is tired and old Rep. Watts. The more this country attempts to divide us as Americans, the further away we are from becoming the country that we were at one time.
Someone needs to create a news channel for me. One that covers the major stories of the day. Oh wait, we’ve got 12 of those already.
