Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Bsi 2,035.53 -7.61 -.37%

It's not a good sign if the White House is so afraid of racial bogey men that they need to intervene in a controversy involving the USDA rural development director for Georgia. It's the job of the White House, liberal and conservative media and the NAACP not to make kneejerk reactions just because a story may or may not involve race.

You don't need this shit right now, man... c'mon!

BUY

Bettye Swan

SELL

Oakland Street Fights

Damn Oakland. Just... damn.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Bsi 2,051.47 +8.67 +.42%

We've got no love for debt collectors and the tactics they employ so it does our heart good to see them pay -- literally.

BUY

Todd Bridges

Last Man Standing.

SELL

CNN

It's seemingly obsessed with race nowadays, so you wouldn't expect them to make this mistake, would you?

CNN aired a story about a 103-year-old African American lady who is still cruising around in her Cadillac Coupe De Ville. The only problem was that they played a song by Coolio, when she entered her car and it contained an racist obscenity.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Bsi 2,122.84 -10.43 -.49%

Newsweek asks the question why the media covers murder the way it does.  With out of touch news networks like Fox News and the home of Black in America, CNN -- there's little surprise here.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Bsi 2,104.48 -6.77 -.32%

So Chris Brown doesn't remember hitting Rhianna? Let's just say the rehabilitation tour isn't off to the greatest of starts.

BUY

Cody ChesnuTT

A risky pick, we know. Particularly after the way he seemed to disappear a couple years back. But this man's music is the truth people and he's out playing it again.

SELL

Racializing the Atlanta mayoral race

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Bsi 2,048.53 -17.53 -.85%

So, somehow bringing a gun to a event where the president's going to be isn't considered a threat anymore?

Please don't let him be black, please don't let him be black... awww, damn!

BUY

Michael Vick

Don't call it a comeback... not yet at least.  Still, he's clearly in a better place then he's been in years.

Watch CBS Videos Online

SELL

White Chicks 2

The Wayans edge us ever closer to making blackface acceptable again.

Why?  Why? Why?

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Bsi 2,012.91 -3.14 -.16%

If the first CNN "Black in America" was basically a primer to prepare America for the possibility of having a black president, then what's this one for?

Monday, March 9, 2009

Bsi 1,987.41 +9.16 +.46%

D.L. Hughley's "Breaking the News" gets the axe.  Which is bad news for Hughley (who will stay with the network as a "contributor"), but good news for people who tune into news networks for, you know, news.

As Steele said on the show Rush Limbaugh is an "entertainer".  The canceling of Hughley's show will hopefully serve to help stop the blurring of the line between entertainment and news.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Bsi 1,393.3 +53.8 +3.86%

Fivethirtyeight.com has Barack Obama's odds at winning the Presidency at 94.7%.  Still, no one here is celebrating... not yet, at least.

Yeah... let's just hold off on calling this one yet.

WINNERS

David Alan Grier (DAG) 6.24 +1.09 +17.47%

Analysts here have always thought DAG was a talent.  And while neither "Chappelle" or "The Daily Show" -- the two programs Chocolate News will no doubt be compared to -- the news magazine format offers plenty of promise.

D.L. Hughley (DLH) 7.48 +.93 +17.47%

There's debate as to whether or not Hughley has ever found the right vehicle to showcase his talent.  Now he'll get a chance on CNN as he's been tapped to host a "Daily Show" like comedy program.

So, what?... Was there a run on black hosts for comedy news shows that we didn't know about?

LOSERS

Cable News Network  (CNN) 4.51 -.87 -16.17%

Why are they producing a comedy news program?  They should just do what they do and leave the comedy to Fox.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Bsi 1,394.85 +33.54 +2.4%

As the attacks on Obama's character increase, so does his lead in the polls.

BUY

William Greaves

The "Dean" of black filmmakers, best known for his experimental masterwork, Symbiopsychotaxiplaxm: Take One.

Though analysts here are partial to Ali The Fighter, his documentary about the first Ali-Frazier fight in 1971.

visit videodetective.com for more info

SELL

CNN'S SHINEY HAPPY NEGROES

In an attempt to out-Fox themselves, the new CNN, home to Glen Beck, has decided to make their afternoon news reports more conversational and folksy... which is to say, lower the level of conversation so even a third grader can understand it.

Enter these two nitwits.

Don Lemon...

...and Tony Harris -- you have been called out!

What happened to news anchors who actually seemed as though they know what they're talking about?  Harris and Lemon combine to lack the gravitas of a snap-pea.

At least they're not this guy, though.

Rick Sanchez: moron

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Bsi 1,143.04 -10.18 -.88%

A slight downtick brought in large part from CNN and their "Black in America" series, a program where black academics will explain what it's like to be "black in America" to a studio and television audience comprised almost exclusively of black Americans.

The programs strong overnight ratings could lead to a trend.  One which most analysts believe will do little to improve race relations -- particularly if certain parties get involved.

God help us!