Roland Martin Calls CNN Racist

[Jello Biafra]

Did y'all even listen to the video? He made very valid and compelling points about CNN and the media in general. To those saying "he wasn't calling them racist when he had a job" Well that was the point. He took the job to prove himself and not only did he prove himself be proved that he deserved a larger role, maybe even his own show. How was rewarded for all his hard work? He was pushed out the door.

And at twimy calling anybody a "cornball"

I fully agree with the notion that CNN has racist hiring, firing and programming motivations but Roland isn't the one to be selling this message.
He suckled at the teat of CNN for years doing nothing of note and now is just speaking out because he got dropped. He should have been pushing for more diversity in hiring in front and behind the camera while he was there instead of being a passive tool of the corporate media he is lambasting now that he is out in the cold.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I fully agree with the notion that CNN has racist hiring, firing and programming motivations but Roland isn't the one to be selling this message.
He suckled at the teat of CNN for years doing nothing of note and now is just speaking out because he got dropped. He should have been pushing for more diversity in hiring in front and behind the camera while he was there instead of being a passive tool of the corporate media he is lambasting now that he is out in the cold.

How do you know he wasn't doing that? It seems like that's what got him fired

 

[Jello Biafra]

How do you know he wasn't doing that? It seems like that's what got him fired

The only thing Roland Martin has done publicly was take a shot at gay folks (which is most likely the reason he doesn't work at CNN anymore) and cheerlead Barack Obama. Dude never said jack shyt about CNN and race. Hell he was saying nice shyt about them right after he was told that his contract wasn't being picked up. He only started being critical when CNN decided that they didn't want him on air at all in the remaining time left on his contract.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

The only thing Roland Martin has done publicly was take a shot at gay folks (which is most likely the reason he doesn't work at CNN anymore) and cheerlead Barack Obama. Dude never said jack shyt about CNN and race. Hell he was saying nice shyt about them right after he was told that his contract wasn't being picked up. He only started being critical when CNN decided that they didn't want him on air at all in the remaining time left on his contract.

Sounds like you just don't like him cause of his Obama support. If you watch the interview he says they didn't like him because he wouldn't place himself in the box they wanted him to be in. Doesn't matter who you are you shouldn't trash your employer, but that doesn't mean you don't find other ways to fight, which is what he was doing and what ultimately got him fired. Now that he is not employed by them he is free to speak out in public about it.

 

[Piff Perkins]

He's just saying that now, because they threw his contract in the bushes

Exactly, dude is pathetic and a race agitator. Erick Erickson got sacked by CNN too, alongside a bunch of other cacs.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Sounds like you just don't like him cause of his Obama support. If you watch the interview he says they didn't like him because he wouldn't place himself in the box they wanted him to be in. Doesn't matter who you are you shouldn't trash your employer, but that doesn't mean you don't find other ways to fight, which is what he was doing and what ultimately got him fired. Now that he is not employed by them he is free to speak out in public about it.

Could you point out what other ways Martin was fighting? Some evidence that he tried to do anything to better the situation at CNN for journalists of color? Because the guy is a major self-aggrandizer so I doubt he would have done anything on the QT.
And I don't give a fukk about him supporting Obama since I was never all that impressed by Martin before 2007 either.
And it was Martin's opinion that they didn't like him because he was not easily identifiable as a liberal or conservative (which is bullshyt considering I don't recall many occasions when Roland wasn't taking the liberal view on an issue) and that they couldn't deal with him because he was a "real down black man".
Dude wanted a show but CNN doesn't give black men shows in general and surely weren't going to give one to a roly poly brother who wears ascots like Fred from Scooby Doo.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Could you point out what other ways Martin was fighting? Some evidence that he tried to do anything to better the situation at CNN for journalists of color? Because the guy is a major self-aggrandizer so I doubt he would have done anything on the QT.
And I don't give a fukk about him supporting Obama since I was never all that impressed by Martin before 2007 either.

From what I gathered he was trying to help himself by improving his stading at CNN without confirming to the stereotypical views they wanted him to. Had he succeeded then he could have opened doors for more black journalists at CNN. He failed at his goal, so now he's speaking out about it.

I just don't understand where all the hate comes from. He's a decent analyst, and be seems to be genuinely concerned with issues affecting the average black American. What's he doing wrong?

 

[selam]

Just ironic because he decided to work there.

Just because he decided to work there, what he says isn't any less valid though. Matter of fact you can argue that he has a greater understanding of what CNN really is because he worked there.

We've all been trapped by circumstances.

 

[Prodigital]

Don lemon is somewhere laughing at this nikka right now

 

[Mike Otherz]

If BET had any damn sense, they would hire Roland, Soledad, bring back Ed Gordon and have a LEGIT news program.

yep. dont hold ya breath though. cnn is the worst of the cable news ishes anyway, just booring. fox has the best presentation. msnbc the best content, cnn just meh.

 

[Jello Biafra]

From what I gathered he was trying to help himself by improving his stading at CNN without confirming to the stereotypical views they wanted him to. Had he succeeded then he could have opened doors for more black journalists at CNN. He failed at his goal, so now he's speaking out about it.

I just don't understand where all the hate comes from. He's a decent analyst, and be seems to be genuinely concerned with issues affecting the average black American. What's he doing wrong?

I always got a Michael Eric Alyson type of douchebag vibe from Roland. His point about CNN is valid but I am just not a fan.

 

[Ms~Opinionated]

BET is more about perpetuating the black stereotype, not changing it

BET's potential power was nullified and sedated when Viacom bought it.

Oprah's network will go the same way when she dies. She has no kids and is probably the majority owner of the network.

 

[boskey]

BET's potential power was nullified and sedated when Viacom bought it.

They weren't using any of that potential before Viacom bought it either. People blame Viacom a lot but I grew up watching BET. It was all music videos and reruns of Gimme A Break and shyt like that...at least now it has original programming

 

[Ms~Opinionated]

They weren't using any of that potential before Viacom bought it either. People blame Viacom a lot but I grew up watching BET. It was all music videos and reruns of Gimme A Break and shyt like that...at least now it has original programming

That is just Poor management. The network still had potential.

If you want to put a program on BET now you will definitely have to get approval from white executives, despite black people knowing what black people want to watch.

I am surprised all of that Sunday worship stuff stayed on.

Viacom considers BET just one of its brands. BET went from being a black network to being a network for black people.

 

[Big Boss]

Why did rob johnson sell BET?