BET

Big Media: Masters of Deception

Stevie Converse — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:05:03 -0700

Industry Ears, Parents Television Council Making It Hard for Media Execs

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:05:01 -0700

Direct action has its benefits and its irritation.

Paul Porter knows this well. A former programmer for Black Entertainment Television, the infamous BET, he is now a member of Industry Ears, a nonprofit watchdog agency that he co-founded with Lisa Fager in 2004. It is dedicated to cleaning up those aspects of popular culture in which irresponsible material is aimed at children.

Black Evil Television, Low-Power FM Neighborhood Radio, and the Congressional Black Caucus

Stevie Converse — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:50:01 -0700

Last month viewers of the animated TV series The Boondocks learned that BET really stands for “Black Evil Television”, calculated to stunt the spirits and curtail the intellectual growth of black youth. Satire like the Boondocks depiction of BET only works when it contains big and obvious chunks of the widely known truth. Unfortunately, commercial black radio is not much better.