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"BET was never intended to be the one voice..."
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Beauty1913
[B][COLOR=crimson] The second view is sort of a spin off of what I read Robert Johnson (The conceptor of BET) say in the most recent Forbes Magazine: He basically said that people should pretty much accept BET for what it is. BET was never intended to be the one voice and representative of Black America and all of its concerns, political agendas, problems, wants, and needs. It began 20 years ago with the onset of pop music and the similar phenomena that was taking place in the society. He said that if people would simply remember that BET is merely a television network like the others that exist, and exists for a specific purpose, to entertain, then there would be much less discourse over what is being broadcast. [QUOTE]
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No matter how disappointed we are with the quality of BET programming, we have to bear in mind that
BET is just one station. It began as one person's vision. We cannot expect BET to represent all of us. While it would be better, IMHO, if BET presented a more rounded view of Black life, it cannot/will not represent all of us. Someone will always feel left out.
I agree with Ideal08, we need more than one "BET"
to get a full view of the different perspectives of Black life.
There was a thread previously asking why others haven't come together to develop a new station.
I'll have to search for it.
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