JC Watts, the former Republican Congressman who is making news after his announcement that he plans to launch an all-black cable news network some time this year, says that issues like the Reverend Wright scandal show that such a network is sorely needed.
Us Weekly news director Lara Cohen: "To say the news media's coverage of Reverend Wright has been exhaustive is like saying that Us was mildly interested in Brad Pitt's split from Jennifer Aniston. Or, as Chris Rock said recently, "It's like they gave [Wright] his own channel." More accurately, they gave him several channels. His diatribes were on a never-ending loop and the networks unleashed an army of pundits to discuss whether the connection to Wright made Obama inherently unelectable. Personally I'm surprised none of the news outlets employed our resident Body Language Expert to dissect the relationship's nonverbal cues. (Though in fairness, I don't watch Fox so she could've made an appearance there.)" [HuffPo]
Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been widely criticized for what many believe to be "racist" conspiracy theories, most notably one having to do with HIV in the black community. But there are also many conspiracy theories about Rev. Wright concerning why exactly he has decided to speak publicly in such an uncensored way and why right now. Below, check out some popular ones and weigh in on which, if any, hold the most water:
Hmmm, maybe we were wrong in our sarcastic declaration that the Miley Cyrus-Vanity Fair scandal is not, in fact, a worthwhile news story. If it were such a tabloid item, how could it be included in this three-party storyline connecting Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? [SF Chron]
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On tomorrow's Today (too early for brain to comprehend!), Michelle and Barack Obama will sit down with Meredith Vieira. Here is why that is a stupid, stupid idea: CONTINUED »
CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE Just as Barack Obama takes to the television cameras to denounce the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Hillary Clinton's plans to visit The O'Reilly Factor, for the first time ever, leak on Drudge.
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