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To the non-blacks on here...do you watch BET?
Shallow:
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--- Quote from: Islamic Khalifah Sultan Abdul Hamid- 1908- on April 06, 2006, 01:33:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dat Nigga Ted aka The 10th Nazgûl on April 06, 2006, 11:28:30 AM ---
That's what he does. He's a business man. Him selling it was just an indirect action that led to what BET is today.
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What are you talking about? "That's what he does". So if an Italian Mobster takes one of your family members hostage and charges ransom for her. It's all good because "That's what he does".
That's not a sufficient excuse for selling out your people. He was already a rich and successful business man, he didn't have to sell BET to Viacom. And don't say "indirect" either; since he sold the network, they got rid of Tavis Smiley, BET Tonight, Teen Summit (Their intellectual programming) and instead they added more programs that exploit their race as being nothing but materialistic, ignorant, sex-objects.
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I agree for the most part....he might be a business man, but if you wanna say it like that, then that means he's just living up to the stereotypes of a business man, meaning he has no ethics or values. He definitely had enough money, and he could have sold it to a group of black investors or anyone else, even if he didn't make as much money. It just shows that he values money a lot more than the impact and effect that what he created has and will have on the black youth. I wouldn't put ALL the blame on him, but he should have known that it would happen like it did.
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He may have been forced to sell it. A lot of shit goes on behind the scenes in the entertainment world. He doesn't have the power to fight the big boys. If Viacom wanted to buy BET and they couldn't because he wouldn't sell they could have put BET out of business. It's real easy too. Just ell the advertisors that anyone that airs sponsors BEt won't get any airtime on CBS and there you go.
And Infinite; that mobster example is stupid. Johnson created a a channel to provide a service, he then no longer wanted to provide that service himself exclusively so he sold the company to Viacom for 3 billion dollars, became the second largest shareholder in Viacom and stayed on as CEO until last year when he stepped down gave the spot to a black woman. He still stays on as a chairman, and there is no telling what he could do for his fellow blacks with 3 billion dollars, if that was his agenda in the first place. Remember that despite the fact that there were more responsoble shows at one point, the station was still filled with stereotypical, denigrating, bullshit long before Viacom stepped in.
Teddy Roosevelt:
--- Quote from: Islamic Khalifah Sultan Abdul Hamid- 1908- on April 06, 2006, 01:33:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dat Nigga Ted aka The 10th Nazgûl on April 06, 2006, 11:28:30 AM ---
That's what he does. He's a business man. Him selling it was just an indirect action that led to what BET is today.
--- End quote ---
What are you talking about? "That's what he does". So if an Italian Mobster takes one of your family members hostage and charges ransom for her. It's all good because "That's what he does".
That's not a sufficient excuse for selling out your people. He was already a rich and successful business man, he didn't have to sell BET to Viacom. And don't say "indirect" either; since he sold the network, they got rid of Tavis Smiley, BET Tonight, Teen Summit (Their intellectual programming) and instead they added more programs that exploit their race as being nothing but materialistic, ignorant, sex-objects.
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LOL. Yeah because a mombster taking my family hostage and someone selling a cable channel are so similar. ::)
--- Quote from: Shallow on April 06, 2006, 02:48:27 PM ---And Infinite; that mobster example is stupid.
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Sikotic™:
Viacom is responsible for ruining BET since they took over control of the network, not the previous owner. For all we know, we may not know the details of the deal and the Viacom execs may have promised to keep the network going in that direction. We all know corporate execs are slimy human beings. Instead of being responsible and promoting quality African American programming, Viacom took the cheap route, and put on stereotypical garbage shows. That's what you expect from Viacom though, they've got nothing but trash out.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: -Sikotic- on April 06, 2006, 06:02:03 PM ---Viacom is responsible for ruining BET since they took over control of the network, not the previous owner. For all we know, we may not know the details of the deal and the Viacom execs may have promised to keep the network going in that direction. We all know corporate execs are slimy human beings. Instead of being responsible and promoting quality African American programming, Viacom took the cheap route, and put on stereotypical garbage shows. That's what you expect from Viacom though, they've got nothing but trash out.
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No, the blame is with Robert Johnson. You can't have a network called Black Entertainment Television and then sell it to whites (who have been the historical oppressor of blacks).
Do you think Arabs would allow an Arab Entertainment Television station in Jerusalam to be ran by the Jews? And what kind of content would a station like that carry?
Don Jacob:
i use to watch it when it back in the day when they had cool shit on there. now it's just a bunch of stereotypes and shit on there that channle went from BET to NET IMO
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