CNN and there Hip-Hop special
I watched Wednesday Night as CNN did a Special show on Hip-Hop. Paula Zhan was the host of the show who i felt was trying to channel Bill O'reily. the show was so obviously Biased to blame Hip-Hop for all of the Social ills in society it was so wrong. now Hip-Hop has it's issues with balance on subject matter&also not addressing various elements of life. no matter what label you go by in Hip-Hop you have a Obligation to be a bit more to the point on what you are presenting. now in the bigger picture CNN is a Corperate White Media Outlet that right during near the end of Black History Month airs a show that asks the Question is Hip-Hop Art or Poison? I mean how more loaded can you get? the detractors like to say that Crime, Homophbia, Sexism,Materialism,etc... are what Hip-Hop has brought&what has hurt society,but all of those issues were long ago here before Hip-Hop was even thought of. the truth of the matter is that while the Artist should be held accountable the people that truly call the shots on what gets played,heard&Seen are White People. maybe a handful of Black people are involved at best, but the people who run these labels have stocks&Bonds in them are seriosu stock holders. thank goodness for Michael Eric Dyson&some other Black Folks that balanced the show out because Paula Zhan just seemed to be reading off cue-Cards&the obvious Bias attitude was getting on my nerves. I usually expect shows that talk about topics or something that is heavily African-American Influenced to get a negative spin by the White Media&these type of networks&shows. the idea of bringing a show to the airwaves was interesting. but how can you debate a form of Music as Art or Poison¬ come across Racist? i like good debates,but not ones that have loaded overtones that have no balance. you can't call a Art Form destructive when you have a country in War. always a way out to take away from the real issue at hand.

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