Posted on 05/07/2020 6:32:00 AM PDT by rktman
Former President Barack Obama will deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an hour-long event that will also feature LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Ben Platt, among others.
ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will simultaneously air the special May 16 at 8 p.m. EDT along with more than 20 other broadcast and digital streaming partners, according to the announcement Tuesday from organizers.
Several high school students from Chicago public schools and the Obama Youth Jobs Corps will join, as will the Jonas Brothers, Yara Shahidi, Bad Bunny, Lena Waithe, Pharrell Williams, Megan Rapinoe and H.E.R.
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You do realize none of these high-school kids are getting a graduation or prom event right? They are missing out on what should be the marking of life.
The White House should have had some sort of a media event this year of the pandemic.
If Trump did it it would not be broadcast on all those networks except maybe Fox.
If someone has a strong stomach, they can tune in and turn how many times he says “I” into a drinking game. Bet he would pass out after 15 minutes.
As if the networks would have shown it.
The fact would remain...optics and he did it.
This can now be played as the White House was tone deaf to the upcoming generation
Malala Yousafzai initially became famous for her childhood activism against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistans (TTPs) restrictions on education for girls. She appeared on television and wrote a blog for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Her fame soared after a gunman shot her in the head in 2012, when she was 15 years old, and she survived.
So basically, she was a Muslim girl who wanted to be able to go to school. A Muslim man tried to kill her for that. She survived and got famous.
I expect to see masks, gloves and social distancing.
High School students in South Dakota will get their graduation just fine.
Not everyone is like DeBlasio who has cancelled all schools for the rest of the year.
How can anybody even do that?
As usual with the Obama’s they have padded the line up with celebrities to gain an audience they wouldn’t otherwise have, didn’t work out so well for Hillary in 2016. Tacky,desperate and distracting to the effort to honor the students. Obama is a narcissus; look how celebrities love me as I raise the ocean’s and recruit you for my Nazi inspired youth groups. Go Biden ! Ha !
Yeah. Im wondering who is paying for this........could it be.....GEORGE SOROS?? (Cue the Church Ladys expression)
I guess one has to ask why we have to bring in someone from Pakistan to inspire American high school graduates?
The sudden reappearance of the Obamas.........
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It’s sounds planned to me.....
A BOOB BELT FOR YOU. ....AND A BOOB BELT FOR YOU. ...AND FOR YOU. .....Oprah is in a cell A bration.
I truly love this song. Kool rules.
Media: Enough Nasty Orangeman! We MISS our Obama! WHERE IS HE?! Oh, wait... THERE HE IS! Let’s have a prime time once-in-a-lifetime special event... mmm, mmm, mmm.
Too bad for the 0blama’s.....they haven’t figured out one of the good things to come from this Plandemic....is that folks have figured out celebrities and worthless politicians are the true NON-ESSENTIALS.
Look at the recent, celebrity studded WHO telecast....no one gave a flip...except other ‘celebrities’.
All lefty networks will carry this....just to jack up numbers of viewers.
Why not carry it exclusively on their Nutflix channel? If they’re SO popular, wouldn’t millions throng to that channel, to view?
What the heck is a Malala Yousafzai?
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Don’t know. ...
But I am damn sure I don’t want to know.
I expect to see masks, gloves and social distancing.
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A mask over Michelle’s face can only be an improvement.
Golden valley news?
I chose to NOT attend mine since I could see the BS even way back then.
Sounds like a good day for a Trump Rally. More people will view that on YouTube than all those networks combined.
Did all four networks drop everything to broadcast George W. Bush giving a speech in 2012?
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