CNN's Black In America

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Author Message   904diva Regular Poster Username: 904diva Post Number: 26 Registered: 06-2008 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:06 am:        Did you all watch it? What was your opinion? Do you think this is CNN's backwards way of saying, "look at Obama, he's really just a black man" or do you think they were really trying to do good?   Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 7237 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 11:56 am:        Didn't watch it. What are they or anybody going to tell ME about being Black in America?   Troy AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Troy Post Number: 1471 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 09:00 am:        The overwhelming reaction to this special has been negative. It says much for the "state" of Black America. I can't say that I know anyone personally who actually liked the presentation. Several people I spoke with could not even watch the broadcast. It is astonishing to me that CNN could have gone so far with this program before determining if your everyday, run of the mill knee-grow Black folks would even like it... Kam Williams writes a scathing piece: Over-Hyped CNN Special Fails to Measure-Up to the Buzz http://reviews.aalbc.com/black_in_america.htm "The CNN special report “Black in America” was such a disappointment that it’s not really worthy of a detailed review. The only reason I’m even bothering to do a post mortem on the program is because it had been so hyped by the network that it enticed millions of viewers to tune in on successive nights...." http://reviews.aalbc.com/black_in_america.htm