Posted on 10/31/2002 1:32:50 PM PST by andrew
Black Agenda
ABC Radio Networks
bc-Black-Agenda-2002 ABC Radio Networks, NPR to Simulcast Election Special Nov. 4; Black Agenda 2002, an NPR/ABC Radio Election Special
To: National Desk, Political Reporter, Media Reporter Contact: Edie Emery of ABC Radio, 703-837-9500,
e-mail: edie(At)goodmanmedia.com
Jenny Lawhorn of NPR, 202-513-2754,
e-mail: jlawhorn(At)npr.org
Sheila Eldridge, 201-722-1500, for Tom Joyner,
e-mail: Sheila(At)milesaheadentertainment.com
News Advisory:
-- ABC Radio Networks, NPR to Simulcast Election Special Nov. 4
-- Black Agenda 2002, an NPR/ABC Radio Election Special - Live
from the Apollo with Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner
On Monday, Nov. 4, The Tavis Smiley Show will simulcast with The Tom Joyner Morning Show to present Black Agenda 2002: An NPR/ABC Radio Election Special Live from the Apollo with Tavis Smiley and Tom Joyner. Black Agenda 2002 will offer an important stage for the country's top Republicans to discuss important African American issues, including impromptu questions from a live audience.
This first-ever joint broadcast between NPR and the ABC Radio Network will air the day before the 2002 elections, and will feature political heavy-hitters interviewed by Tom Joyner and Tavis Smiley, the two most prominent black radio personalities. The live event will take place in the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, with the simulcast hour (live from 7-8 a.m.; check local listings at npr.org and abc.com) focusing on black Republicans.
Black Agenda 2002 will include a commentary by President George W. Bush. Other invited White House officials include National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell. Joyner and Smiley will also talk to Representative J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, California GOP Secretary Shannon Reeves and Ward Connerly, a Regent of the University of California who is widely known for successfully passing the referendum to end affirmative action in California.
The remainder of Tom Joyner's 4-hour program on Nov. 4 will include many prominent Democrats, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Michael Eric Dyson, Texas Senate candidate Ron Kirk and comedian Paul Mooney. Invited guests include former President Bill Clinton, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, Russell Simmons, Mayor Bloomberg, Chris Rock, Sean Combs and LL Cool J. Democrats will also have their say on Friday, November 1 on The Tavis Smiley Show, as Smiley presents his NPR listeners with an all-Democrat hour. Guests will include Bill Clinton, the Rev. Al Sharpton, former labor secretary Alexis Herman, and U.S. Representatives Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Illinois, Herald Ford Jr. of Tennessee and Maxine Waters of California.
At 10 a.m., following the broadcast, there will be a breakfast Q and A for all media in attendance at the Apollo Theater. Contact Sheila Eldridge at 201-310-2682.
ABOUT NPR NPR is renowned for journalistic excellence and standard-setting news and entertainment programming. A privately supported, non-profit, membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of nearly 20 million Americans each week via more than 700 public radio stations. International partners in cable, satellite and short-wave services make NPR programming accessible anywhere in the world. With original online content and audio streaming, npr.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and seven years of archived audio and information. NPR's several hundred awards include a 2000 National Medal of Arts. Web site: http://www.npr.org
ABOUT ABC RADIO NETWORKS ABC Radio Networks has more than 4,600 affiliate radio stations reaching 133 million people age 12 and over each week. In addition to ABC News Radio, programs include Paul Harvey News and Comment and The Rest of the Story, The Sam Donaldson Show, Moneytalk with Bob Brinker, The Larry Elder Show, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mitch Albom Show, The Doug Banks Morning Show and American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley. Other broadcast services include ESPN Radio, ABC Sports Radio, Radio Disney, syndicated music and talk programs, format specific production libraries and 12 ABC Radio 24-hour music formats.
"The remainder of Tom Joyner's 4-hour program on Nov. 4 will include many prominent Democrats"
And the last word goes to...
This press release is not from the Onion, for those paying attention at home.
What is that? Easy! It is the same that it has been for 50 years. Black voters giving lewinskies to white democrats and getting nothing but leahy'd in return.
Instead of learning to leverage political power to get the most from all politicians of both parties, black voters cast more than 90% of their votes for the democrats. The dems know they own these voters and, so, take the for granted, placate them and have Willie play sax at the Apollo. And, the blacks take it in the shorts.
The Republicans take blacks for granted, as well, knowing that nothing they do will effcct blocks of black voters without bothering white voters. So, they don't.
Harry "Robsen" Belafonte talks about Republican blacks abandoning their people. The blacks who don't use their voting power by playing one party against the other are, in turn, being used by the black overseers who worked slaves for their own personal gain. And, I know that I won't hear any complaints about how the dems in NY state have treated the black candidate for governor, McCall. They have screwed him and not supported him in all the ways that a white candidate would have been supported. MaCall and Sharpton won't say a word but will simply bend over and continue to take what the dems give them.
There is no black "agenda." They are all field hands and damn well better do what the democrats tell them! (Which, of course, they will!)
Notice Tavis is not doing an "All Republican" hour. He has no interest in being non-partisan; this is exactly what I've been saying. Tavis, Joyner, NPR and ABC have a vested interest in wearing their politics on their sleeve. Equal access? No...
Fair? No....
And if anyone brings it up, they'll be summarily shouted down.
The dumbing down of black America continues...
If you want on (or off) of my black conservative ping list, please let me know via FREEPmail. (And no, you don't have to be black to be on the list!)
Extra warning: this is a high-volume ping list.
Then again, we don't have Jack$on or Joyner in the Brotherhood. Too bad the Ques can't say that.
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