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Um-mm, sounds alot like Destee.com by and for black people (but I'm like Angela Ford on this one, "is that what this is?" ...
First 24-hour news channel "by and for" African Americans set to launch during Black History Month
"...But I just can't get past the fact that it’s run by two Republican white men.”
Founded by former Rep. J.C. Watts, a Republican from Oklahoma, the network will premiere in 33 million households primarily in large African American markets such as New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
Image: Ben Chavis
“Even though I'm a Democrat and he is a Republican, I felt it was time for black people in the media to work together without getting involved or entrenched in the partisan divide,” Chavis said.
Liam Knox
NBC News
Um-mm, sounds alot like Destee.com by and for black people (but I'm like Angela Ford on this one, "is that what this is?" ...
First 24-hour news channel "by and for" African Americans set to launch during Black History Month
First 24-hour news channel "by and for" African Americans set to launch during Black History Month
The Black News Channel, founded by a former Republican congressman, will try to win the growing Black cable news audience. Concerns about who’s running the network have raised the question: Can it succeed?
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Founded by former Rep. J.C. Watts, a Republican from Oklahoma, the network will premiere in 33 million households primarily in large African American markets such as New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
Image: Ben Chavis
“Even though I'm a Democrat and he is a Republican, I felt it was time for black people in the media to work together without getting involved or entrenched in the partisan divide,” Chavis said.
Liam Knox
NBC News