Posted on 08/13/2007 6:40:36 AM PDT by MindBender26
Bernard Shaw, the veteran journalist who retired as CNN anchor in 2000, struck out at unnamed media owners who are "sabotaging the public good" with their "profit fixations," and, as he accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday night from the National Association of Black Journalists, warned white males that they ignore diversity at their peril.
"Journalists, hear me tonight," Shaw told an awards banquet audience at the NABJ convention in Bally's hotel in Las Vegas. "There are some owners in the business — bosses, parent companies — whose profit fixation and staffing directives and decisions sabotage the public good they profess to serve.
"They are turning the people's right to know into the people's fight to know," he said.
"Beyond this ballroom tonight, white males, wake up," Shaw continued. "Globally, you are an island speck in an ocean of color.
"The reins of power will weaken and so will your grip — if you do not faithfully support our nation's greatest strength, diversity.
"To you, caught in the middle, stay vigilant. You must stay strong."
Shaw, 67, said, "I was speaking for the historical record. I expect my words to resonate long after I'm dead." He said a speech accepting the NABJ's Lifetime Achievement Award deserved carefully chosen words. "That was in the tradition of Frederick Douglass," the first well-known black journalist, he said. "I was seeking to inspire, to inform and to light a fire under some asses."
Also honored during the program was Steve Capus, president of NBC News, who had said on Friday of ousted radio host Don Imus, "I'm not going to bring him back to MSNBC."
"Whether he deserves another shot on somebody else's airwaves, someone else will decide," Capus said. "I'm not going to bring him back to MSNBC." He was responding to a question about a comment by "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert that he would return to Imus' show should it be reinstated.
In declaring Black Entertainment Television the winner of the organization's Thumbs Down award, Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times, who chairs the NABJ's Media Monitoring Committee, Thursday cited not only BET's dearth of regular public affairs programming and its failure to broadcast live the funeral of Coretta Scott King.
The association also honored boxing promoter Don King. In their speech "honoring" King, they failed to mention that he is a former bookie who went to prison for murdering two men. They also failed to mention that King is one of the most corrupt boxing promoters in the history of the "sport," and most of his victims are yonng Black men.
What a pompous, hubristic a$$.
That could be said of just about every one of the MSM. Humility is an unfound trait amongst the jabbering class.
“Shaw, 67, said, “I was speaking for the historical record. I expect my words to resonate long after I’m dead.” He said a speech accepting the NABJ’s Lifetime Achievement Award deserved carefully chosen words. “That was in the tradition of Frederick Douglass,” the first well-known black journalist, he said. “I was seeking to inspire, to inform and to light a fire under some asses.”
He speaks as if he is a relevent figure in history. I did not know Frederick Douglas, but make no mistake Mr. Shaw, you are no Frederick Douglas. :)
What a racist bigoted jerk.
Amen....pompous ass.....and a HORRIBLE news reader.
Actually, "diversity" has been shown in a scientific study to WEAKEN communities.
I see some irony here.
susie
I never liked Shaw. This is no surprise.
This coming from the guy that accidently read an excerpt from a book, “This is going to be an f’ing disaster.”
“Globally, you are an island speck in an ocean of color”
White journalists are overwhelmingly liberal, you pompous piece of shiite. “White Journalism” gave us Jayson Blair. “White Journalism” made the assumption the DC snipers were white racists, before any evidence was brought to light. “White Journalism” pronounced the Duke lacrosse players guilty before they were proven innocent.
Take your politics, and shove it up your ass, Shaw.
Is it acceptable to have a cable channel named "Black Entertainment Television"?
Is is acceptable to have a cable channel named "White Entertainment Television"?
Bingo!
I'm really, really tired of hearing that phrase, "our greatest strength is our diversity". Our country has become great in spite of our diversity. Our ancestors gave up their so-called "diversity" because they wanted to become Americans, not afro-americans, hispanic-americans, or oriental-americans. Just Americans. The sooner we, as a nation, realize that the better off we will be, Bernie.
WHO CARES?
LMFAO
Hey, guess what, buddy. You know that affirmative action you love so much? Unconstitutional
Go call a WAAAAAAAAAAAmbulance.
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