NBC Launches Liberal Site For 'The' African-American Perspective On News

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"There is not a Black America and a White America and a Latino America and an Asian America -- there's the United States of America." -- Barack Obama, 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address.

"theGrio.com. The African-American perspective on news. Our lives, our world, our stories. theGrio.com. Part of NBC News." -- promo for new NBC News website, August 9, 2009.

So much for Barack Obama's promise of a post-racial America. NBC News apparently believes that African-Americans can be pigeonholed. In NBC's view, there exists "the" African-American perspective on news. So announced the NBC promo, aired during today's Meet The Press, for a new website, theGrio.com.

View video here.

[ronnie raygun]

Looks like NBC is not happy being in the toilet, their gonna try the septic tank

[popdonnelly]

And those African Americans better stay on the left wing reservation, or they might get beaten up.

[Future Snake Eater]

Don’t you mean “plantation”?

[ExTexasRedhead]

Yes, absolutely, I know that. I’m talking about TV.

[theBuckwheat]

This is a racist outrage. I practice living by the Martin Luther King standard, to judge people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. It is just beyond belief that truthful news is different depending upon what race you are. (Or in the case of the first mulatto president, the race you decide that you are)

[Zeppo]

Monty Python had these NBC News idiots pegged years ago:

Good evening. Here is the news for Parrots:

No parrots were involved in an accident on the M-1 today when a Lorry carrying High-octane fuel was in collison with a bollard. That's a BOLLARD and NOT a PARROT. A spokesman for parrots said he was glad no parrots were involved. The Minister of Technology today met the three Russian leaders to discuss a 4 million pound airliner deal....None of them entered the cage, or swung on the little wooden trapeze or ate any of the nice millet seed. Yum, Yum.

[freekitty]

Talk about racism. Let’s just keep dividing the country.

[musicbymuzak]

Silly me. I suppose that one was obvious. :)

[brwnsuga]

We are already divided by Right and Left.

[Recovering_Democrat]

[Recovering_Democrat]

How about a news site for patriotic Americans that want to be free of Big Brother and lies perpetrated by the media and politicians?

That already exists. It is called Free Republic. ;)

[demkicker]

The Nothing But Commies network once again shows us their agenda and says, “To hell with those who disagree.”

They’ve got their agenda, we have ours - We don’t even tune into their damned network anymore.

[GnuHere]

Most people these days probably don’t know what “NBC” stands for anyway - for all they know “kNeeGrio” Broadcasting Company would make sense.

[vamoose]

This SNL skit immediately came to mind.

[Freedom2specul8]

Should we call it FR? :)

[Freedom2specul8]

They must want to give BET some competition—(smirk)

[sheik yerbouty]

NBC will have a special jihad channel firdt..

[VeniVidiVici]

Every city of any size in the south has a black newspaper. This is the national version for Television.

Thas right. BET, or Black Education Channel, is for learnin'. They need something for edutainment.

So I wonder if the white entertainment channel will be called www.thegringodotcom?

[Loud Mime]

I’m glad somebody got my silly joke.