JC Watts Planning Black Television News Network

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CatWoman (1000+ posts)      Tue May-27-08 03:51 PM
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JC Watts Planning Black Television News Network
 Advertisements [?]May 27, 2008 -- FORMER congressman J.C. Watts is behind a major push to launch an all-news channel for black people.

The network, tentatively called Black Television News Channel and slated to launch in early 2009, already has an agreement with Comcast cable to be carried in several cities with large black populations including Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C., Atlanta and Baltimore.

As yet, there is no deal to carry the channel in New York.

"I'm not so sure that you see anything on CNN or Fox News that specifically targets the African American community," Watts told The Post.

According to recent U.S. census figures, nearly 81 percent of Detroit's population is black, while Baltimore is 64 percent, Atlanta is 61 percent, D.C. is 57 percent, Philly is 46 percent and Chicago is 37 percent. That means each city is a major potential market for the new channel and advertisers.

At least one news report on the new channel called Watts the "black Ted Turner," after the founder of CNN.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05272008/tv/black_news_net_...
 

marmar  (1000+ posts)       Tue May-27-08 03:59 PM
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4. I sense a Republican-funded indoctrination channel targeting African Americans.... 
 .... featuring the likes of Larry Elder and Armstrong Williams. I'm sure it will be as successful as getting African Americans to vote Repug has been.
 

LynneSin  (1000+ posts)       Tue May-27-08 04:01 PM
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5. I'll take Black News Programs totally ignored by the Black Population for $300 please Alec
 Perhaps JC can get Alan Keyes to co-host his show with special guest appearance from Michael Steele and Condi Rice.

Personally I think the statistics show this is a market with plenty of potential and I wouldn't be challenged over a show that would feature someone like JC with perhaps someone who really has the interests of African-Americans as their best interest like Cythia McKinney, Carol Mosely-Braun or hell let's just go to the top with Jesse Jackson.

But I would suspect JC wants to make a blaxploitation of the Fox News Channel. Do we need that?

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My, my, it's as if they don't want an alternate news channel looking at issues in the African American community to succeed?

I wonder why that might be ... 

[dandi]

Now this is an excellent idea if J.C. Watts wants to get some conservative voices heard and counter the spin from the liberal MSM. It's always been a mystery to me why when something of national interest occurs that concerns the black community, they always trot out that freaking sideshow barker Sharpton or someone equally as odious to comment as if they are the only people who represent blacks. Actually I know why as it is all part of the Leftist agenda.

I'm sure this idea scares the shit out liberals. To expose blacks to information about how they've been sold a bill of goods for the last forty years and how Democrats have enslaved them all over again, this time to government? You know this has some people worried.

[thundley4]

What????????????   Since when does Jesse Jackson have anyones interest but his own at heart? I'd rather see Al Sharpton on there. He has become more relative than Jackson has been in the past ten years. (not saying much, I know)