The Foreign Exchange Releases New Video

I’ve been listening to The Foreign Exchange “Leave It All Behind” album since last winter, and they’re still releasing music videos. The sign of a good album: I’m still excited when they’re released. View The Foreign Exchange’s music video “House of Cards” featuring Muhsinah, which came out today.

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Cow Gives Birth On CNN

My friend linked to this video on Facebook.

Oh CNN. Sigh. Shaking my head. I don’t even want to know how this got on the air. The news day couldn’t have been that slow. It’s so annoying when CNN reports on itself. Like, BREAKING NEWS, some comic just made fun of CNN. [...]

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Lost in Translation: Tell ‘Em Why You’re Mad Hillary!

While in the Congo this week, this moment – instead of her speaking on the sexual violence in the country – has pushed U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton back into the spotlight:

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Kathy Griffin Sits in For Larry King…

And the epitome of randomness ensued. I love Kathy Griffin, but this interview with Levi Johnston was so random and awkward. And I’m not really sure Levi was in on the joke… Skip to around the 7:50 mark to begin the moment when we realize that alas, Levi might not be able to read. I [...]

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Health Care Gets Hot

In the week since the House began its break, several town hall-style meetings have been disrupted by demonstrators. These episodes have drawn widespread media attention, and Republicans have seized on them as well as polls showing a decline in support for Obama and his agenda as evidence that public support is lacking for his signature [...]

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A Teachable Moment Indeed

 

Below is a list of things I’ve learned and observed since the Henry Louis Gates Jr.* story broke last week. In no particular order:

Just as some black people are prone to call out racism without knowing the facts, so are some non-blacks to quickly ignore inequity or injustice and dismiss something as not racism or [...]

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I’d Rather Go To Canada

The commercial below was shown over and over again during CNN’s BIA2:

Puh-leaze. The United States is not even one of the best countries for health care. If some Canadians do want to go somewhere else for better treatment, the U.S. is not the better option. (See World Health Report).
“..Patients are denied [...]

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Guest Post: Black in America 2 Is An Improvement

I wasn’t sure how far into BIA 2 I would get after my reaction to last year’s program. So I let my friend and fellow journalist – she’s in broadcast – take the reign to review the program. Here are her thoughts on the first installment of the documentary:
By: Ahnomaly
Black in America 2 haunted me [...]

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Guest Post: Confessions of a Media Snob

Sometimes it’s OK to be a snob. My friend wrote this up on Facebook, and I enjoyed it so much that I asked if I could share it.
By: Lindsay
OK, this isn’t easy for me to admit.
But I, Lindsay, am. a. media. snob.
And I didn’t even realize it until a couple of weeks ago.
See, I [...]

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Just Do Better: CNN

I don’t know what’s going on with CNN lately, but for the following two stories alone, the network gets a big fail, boo, and Do Better.
First, we have an update with Michael Jackson’s former chimp, Bubbles on Anderson Cooper’s AC360 show.

Yes, this was a real “news” story on AC360. Boo CNN. So this is what ya’ll [...]

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