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Ex-CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien: Network exec told her to only have the 'right kind' of black guests
Fox News ^ | June 14 2020 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

Posted on 06/14/2020 10:55:07 AM PDT by knighthawk

Former CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien made stunning claims on Saturday that a network exec once told her she could only have the "right kind" of black guests on her show.

Reacting to the controversy that has rocked ABC News over the weekend, O'Brien reflected on her time at CNN and indicated that a network executive discouraged her to sit down with black radio host Roland Martin.

"This is an interesting read. Reminds me of the CNN exec who told me: 'Roland Martin isn’t the ‘right kind of’ Black person.' She didn’t want me to book him on my show. L," O'Brien tweeted.

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To: Levy78

She’s half-Irish just like Che.


41 posted on 06/14/2020 12:13:02 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: timestax
Cheating and racists network!!!

Braizile


42 posted on 06/14/2020 12:14:42 PM PDT by timestax
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To: knighthawk

That would be like Fox hiring a pro-Trump anchor.


43 posted on 06/14/2020 12:38:21 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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CNN is ATT


44 posted on 06/14/2020 12:53:04 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: Last Dakotan

A few years ago, I think it was Sherrif Clark on Don Lemon’s show, and he tore Lemon a new one.


45 posted on 06/14/2020 12:55:35 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: crusty old prospector
You should watch LakeForkGuy..on youtube. You will like....

Check his Lakeforkfamily too...

Nice people...I've followed a long time....

46 posted on 06/14/2020 1:07:51 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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To: dfwgator

Is solidad obrian like Horhey O”rielly


47 posted on 06/14/2020 1:14:57 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (silence is golden, I will not kneel)
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To: Texas Eagle

Ask Sleepy Joe, they aint really black


48 posted on 06/14/2020 1:27:47 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: gcparent

I know......;^)


49 posted on 06/14/2020 2:26:57 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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To: knighthawk

Does this surprise ANYONE?


50 posted on 06/14/2020 2:32:02 PM PDT by teletech
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To: knighthawk

The kind of black guests who can dance? Not the ones who “act white”.


51 posted on 06/14/2020 2:54:47 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Systemic racism doesn't exist, but systemic stupidity is thriving.)
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To: thecodont

That distinction had a big impact on Malcolm X; he was light-skinned and went from the top of the hierarchy to the bottom when “black power” came around in the 60s. He was practically regarded as white, and boy did he overcompensate...


52 posted on 06/14/2020 4:44:50 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

That’s why most of the most moonbatty are the light-skinned blacks. They feel they have to overcompensate to belong to “The Tribe”.


53 posted on 06/14/2020 4:55:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: cgbg
Uh, the line from Orwell is "Some ANIMALS are more equal than others." Other than that you make a good point.
54 posted on 06/14/2020 5:01:08 PM PDT by OKSooner (Don't buy from China. Don't buy from Microsoft. Don't do Facebook. Tweet only enough to get banned.)
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To: dfwgator

Yes, like Talcum X - never mind, he’s white.


55 posted on 06/14/2020 5:16:00 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

CBS owns TV station - Ten Network - in Australia.
heard the following on radio this week (and it fits with what people are saying about the TV Channel’s BLM coverage), but cannot find the actual Daily Telegraph link. also, as Telegraph is News Corp, it is behind paywall, and doesn’t show up when I click the Press Reader link:

Daily Telegraph Australia - 13 June 2020 - Press reader
For example, the US parent company of Australia’s Ten Network has told staff that all employees must support the Black Lives Matter movement...


56 posted on 06/14/2020 6:09:35 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: MAGAthon

I’ve seen that modus operandi before - when the “gay marriage” debate was in the courts. One of the big financial firms in NY had people putting little rainbow flags on their desks to show support - and woe to those who wouldn’t do so.

This is why at this point many people don’t separate “big business” from “big government” at all; they’ve morphed into the same entity. Policies governments could normally force on only government workplaces (such as affirmative action resulting in unqualified hires & promotions, pay disparity solutions with tokens overpaid for no-show work) are now forced on big companies under threat of lawsuits.


57 posted on 06/14/2020 7:25:44 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: gbs

Good advice. True


58 posted on 06/14/2020 8:28:42 PM PDT by BlueHorseShoe
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To: Osage Orange

Roland Martin has forgot more about fishing than LFG knows. Just another young hype filled YouTube channel.


59 posted on 06/14/2020 8:45:22 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: Henry Hnyellar
Whatever....

He's an nice guy with a nice family.

Hate on him if you like...Go ahead.

I happen to like the guy and his family.

He's been thru a lot of sheet...

60 posted on 06/15/2020 1:35:24 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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