CNN under fire for not promoting black people

[Booker T Garvey]

These are the good guys though

National Association of Black Journalists Hits CNN Over Lack of Diversity

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) said Tuesday that it would place CNN on a "special media monitoring list," citing a lack of black representation among the network's leadership ranks.

NABJ said in a statement that its preliminary research showed that CNN has no black employees reporting to CNN President Jeff Zucker. It also showed that the news organization has no black executive producers as well as no black vice presidents or senior vice presidents on the news side.

CNN disputed the group's finding that there are no black vice presidents on the news side, according to NABJ. But the news network did not provide the name or position of the vice president or vice presidents, NABJ said.

The NABJ said a four-person delegation sought to meet with Zucker but that the CNN president refused to do so because of "a personal issue between CNN and NABJ’s Vice President-Digital Roland Martin" stemming from Martin's participation in a 2016 town hall with then-Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.

 

[xoxodede]

Damn -- they going at Roland Martin.

For months, we have been working with NABJ to schedule a meeting because the relationship between CNN and NABJ is very important to us. As we have told them many times, we look forward to a thoughtful discussion about how both of our organizations can continue to work together. Unfortunately, the significant and reckless damage that Roland Martin did to CNN while partnering with us during a 2016 Democratic Town Hall has made any meeting that includes him untenable. Mr. Martin displayed an unprecedented and egregious lack of journalistic ethics and integrity by leaking questions prior to the town hall. As a result, we have told NABJ that CNN will not participate in any meeting that includes him. We have made it abundantly clear that we would be more than happy to sit down with the rest of their leadership team as soon as possible, and that offer still stands.​

 

[Doobie Doo]

c00ns, No Nikkas

 

[the cac mamba]

CNN disputed the group's finding that there are no black vice presidents on the news side, according to NABJ. But the news network did not provide the name or position of the vice president or vice presidents

 

[hustlemania]

 

[richaveli83]

We need our own 24 hour news channel.

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

Damn -- they going at Roland Martin.

For months, we have been working with NABJ to schedule a meeting because the relationship between CNN and NABJ is very important to us. As we have told them many times, we look forward to a thoughtful discussion about how both of our organizations can continue to work together. Unfortunately, the significant and reckless damage that Roland Martin did to CNN while partnering with us during a 2016 Democratic Town Hall has made any meeting that includes him untenable. Mr. Martin displayed an unprecedented and egregious lack of journalistic ethics and integrity by leaking questions prior to the town hall. As a result, we have told NABJ that CNN will not participate in any meeting that includes him. We have made it abundantly clear that we would be more than happy to sit down with the rest of their leadership team as soon as possible, and that offer still stands.​

 

[xoxodede]

Well damn.

Roland is Blackballed by White and Black media.

Yet, he still talks shyt to ADOS and down to Black people in general. Who curses and attacks people like that? NO one but Roland.

 

[Koba St]

Bu bu people of colour

 

[Easy-E]

at the negros purge these news nets had in 2016-17

 

[levitate]

All you have to do is give up your bussy like Don...

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Beg others for inclusion instead of creating our own shyt brehs

And don’t name the network “Black” something. Just hire mostly black journalists, and when others ask, play dumb.

Them: Most of your journalists are black.

Black news network: They are?? We didn’t notice. We just hired the best people for the job.

Them:

Black news network: Why are you mentioning race? We don’t see color.

Also Black news network:

 

[Apollo Creed]

Too easy

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

Well damn.

Roland is Blackballed by White and Black media.

Yet, he still talks shyt to ADOS and down to Black people in general. Who curses and attacks people like that? NO one but Roland.

 

[I Really Mean It]

Begging cacs for representation. An enduring tradition in our community.