Hometown Boys, The Annual CM Eppes Alumni Reunion Brought Brothers & Sisters who S'PN TSlide's Diamond Princessgrew up in the new town section of Greenville and took time to pose for our camera.Pictured above is Attorney Robert White, former City Council Member Ruffus Huggins,_ Otis Darden and retitee and vocalist Zack Reddickpose under the old tree.A National Urban LeagPhoto by Jim Rouseue Policy.Takes On Hateful Talk Showsby Pharoh Martin exposure on your programs,while minority hosts and guestsNNPA National Correspondent are still all-too-rare, makes thissituation even moreOriginally posted 9/9/2009. ) oImos ~ unacceptable. ? These showsWASHINGTON (NNPA) - The very rarely have African-gatekeepers of political opinion American hosts, Jones said. Sheon cable are doing nothing to said when African-Americanscurb the increasingly incinerate are presented as guests they areand oft times blatantly false almost always paired up withrhetoric coming from their another guest to talk about racepolitical hosts and commentators. or politics but are almost neveragainst political figures of color presented as experts. oThe pastsuch as President Obama and few months the National UrbanSupreme Court Justice Sonia League T has been stressing_ Sotomayor.__ Therefore, harder to the networks that " are going for the jobs some of theit commentators areof conservative pundits like problematic and should not beCNN's Lou Dobbs and FOX Ts there. ? Jones said. oI think PatGlenn Beck, who have made Buchanan is a perfect examplesome of the most inflammatory with some of the things that hestatements. oIn recent months, has been saying. ? Buchanan T?we've seen aramping up of the recent comments havemost hateful rhetoric, ? said suggested that the SupremeStephanie Jones, executive Court Ts first Hispanic Justice' director of the National Urban Sotomayor was an oaffirmativeLeague Policy Institute. oAnd action ? selection and that Whitealso, complete misinformation males have become victimizedabout President Obama and a due to'such policies that ensurebunch of other issues. ? In diversity. The National UrbanAugust, Jones wrote a letter to League did not receive anythe heads of all three of the major responses to their letter: Nonecable news networks and NBC of the network presidents; norfor giving the one-sided platform. their representatives respondedfor such incendiary points-of- to NNPA Ts repeated requestsviews. oWe wrote to you in for comment. CNN presidentOctober 2008 to urge you to Joe Klein has defended Dobb Tsincrease the racial diversity of continual pursuit of theyour political and policy obirther ? conspiracy, whichcoverage in order to meet your questions Obama Ts country ofobligation to presént fair and birth, as one of editorialaccurate information to your prudence. .* T[Lou Dobbs] gotviewers and to prevent the more than. 30 years as a,increasingly... frequent television journalist, and I trustdissemination of dangerous him, as | trust all our reportersmyths on your programs, ? Jones and anchors, to exercise theirwrote in the letter addressed to judgment as various storiesnetwork presidents Roger Ailes evolve, ? Klein said in anof FOX News, Steve Capus of interview withthe Los AngelesNBC News, Phil Griffin of Times. While FOX News hasMSNBC, and Jonathan Klein of not publicly prodded GlennCNN. oUnfortunately, in recent Beck for calling the president aweeks, certain hosts and racist who has a odeep-seededcommentators on your networks hatred for White people ?have ratcheted up their rhetoric advertisers have been pullingand are actively advancing their dollars from Beck Ts show.outright lies, advocating To date, 57 advertisers haveoffensive and extremist social pulled their support from agendas and inflaming dangerous Beck Ts show, according toelements in our society, ? Jones Colorofchange,org, a Web-wrote, Jones specifically targeted based African-Americanconservative talking heads Lou advocacy organization that isDobbs, Pat Buchanan, Glenn spearheading the Glenn BeckBeck and Michele Malkin inher Show advertising boycott.letter. oWhile differing oUnfortunately, 57 advertisersperspectives are welcome, these dropping Glenn Beck Ts showpersons not only often blatantly have not convinced Fox Newsisrepresent facts, the views they to take responsibility for hisexpress are so extreme and comments publicly and it doesreckless that they have no place not appear network executiveson the public airwaves, The fact have made any attempt behindthat Such hosts and the scenes to reign itcommentators are given erratic on-air behayexpansive and consistent Jessica Levin,Media Matters, a mediawatchdog organization. oSimilarly, efforts. byorganizations to reign in Lous Dobbs seem to have fallen ondeaf ears. CNN PresidentJonathan Klein has beenDobbs T number one defender,calling his " relentlesspromotion of conspiracytheories about PresidentObama Ts birth certificate olegitimate. ? Levin said thatnone of this changes the factthat cable news networksmust be held responsible forwhat is said on air, Someobservers have questionedwhether the attacks onpolitical figures of color likeObama are more incendiarythan T -=thetr--s Whitecounterparts? T ~ " * TThepresident doesn Tt think it Ts thé case, ? Obama spokesmanBill Burton responded whenasked at a press brief last ..week during the President Tsvacation in Martha TsVineyard. Levin disagrees. oThere Ts. no doubt thatattacks on President Obamaand Supreme Court JusticeSonia Sotomayor have racialundertones, ? Levin said, oInfact, at times the attacks havebeen outright raciallycharged. I think everyone canagree that the conservativemedia Ts coverage of Obamahas been Vicious, violent, andunlike coverage of previouspresidénts. No one everdemanded to see George W.Bush Ts birth certificate, Sincethe start of 2008,conservative media figureshave attempted to paintObama as foreign T and notone ofus T and I think a lot ofthat is a blatant attempt toplay off of people's fearsabout the first Blackpresident. ? She continued bysaying, oThe problem is thatthe . viewpoints beingpresented are notrepresentative of the diversecountry we live in. During the 'controversy surroundingDon Imus T racist and sexistremarks in 2007, a MediaMatters report found that ahuge majority of the guestson cable news shows wereWhite males, Such disparitiesstill exist today. So when youhave someone like GlennBeck calling the presidenthecist T, there is often not a person of color there toexplain why that assertion isPage 9 October 16-30, 2009Gives Backdonating his money andY volunteering his time to help. " accomplish the great mission forholiday season, which will be to__ feed and clothe at least 1 millionbr world Ts less fortunate. 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Unbeknownst tomany, Trina Ts Diamond Girl T aclothing was almost shelved "completely ~ " followingdisagreements on the direction. | cee me |The princess claims that. ,° 1... Now as Ye takes his time off, aals ge ee l t 3 fdesigners lost sight of her vision, 0" tilde Hindu leader is coming forward toa line of jeans to fit ocurvy, inf stint atthe VMAsand fet solace to the embattledbodacious ? women much like lyricist,, . his almost breakdown on Jaherself, forcing her to step in and. Leno Ts Jay Leno T show waitcall for a revision oIt Ts a beautiful reports kee surfaced abou tea e, I've worked with 50 mia taking time off from the musicdifferent designers that I wasnt scene and retreating to India.$00 Preanea with ihe work, " : The no-show at the BET Hip-Sipe hniglipies ts . Hop Awards is believed to bejeans oyo finding himself in India. Asfit curvy, bodacious, beautiful feviously feported he Tswomen and they lost that, they Pre ylost that factor and I was like, I Tm meneved e - ona rengrowsnot feeling it. o oretreat ata Sri-Aurobindo«ashram in Pondicherry, a smallThe President of the UniversalSociety of Hinduism, Rajan Zed isinviting Ye to continue to studyHinduism even after he returns toAmerica. He spoke out on Kanye Tsrecent fascination with the religionand offered his guidance saying, oWest should put into practice whathe learns at the ashram. If he needsany~help-imfurther.exploringHinduism, I-would gladly: guidehaa ? The Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation is accepting letters of intent for_ grants or funding to support* Diabetes* Access to Care* Minority Health* Senior Services© Nutrition/Physical Activityprojects in the program's focus areas:The grants will be awarded as part of the Foundation T 2010-2011Community Benefits and Health Initiatives grants program,Grant funding for 2010-2011 is testricted to Pitt County and will not beawarded for medical research, Only government entities or non-profitorganizations with 501 (¢) (3) status are eligible for funding.The grant period is for July 1, 2010+ June 30, 2011.Letters of intent should include the following:* Brief organizational history* Project description; include target population* Explanation of how the project addresses the programs focus areas(listed above)* Dollar amount being requested and how funds would be used° IRS Letter of Determination,Letters of intent must-be received by Novemiber 6, 2009.Submit letters to the address below.Pitt Memorial Hospital FoundationCommunity Benefits Grants ProgramP.O. 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