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SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
National World
Black caucus selects right-wing
Fox TV over black networks for debate
By Hazel Trice Edney
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON
Many people were surprised
that Tuesday night’s presiden
tial debate, sponsored by the
Congressional Black Caucus
(CBC), was aired on a right
wing network that frequently
opposes everything that the
organization stands for.
“FOX has their record of
being right-wing and even
racist where Blacks are con
cerned. And so, the contradic-
Protest in N.Y. has a youth theme
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The fifth annual Million
Youth March took place Sat
urday, September 6, in the
heart of the predominantly-
Black Bedford-Stuyvesant
neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Some 300 young people,
meeting at Fulton and
Franklin Streets, carried
signs and banners to Fulton
and Nostrand for a rally at
noon.
That it occurred at all was
a tribute to the perseverance
of the New Black Panther
Party headed by Malik Zulu
Shabazz. The city, which had
stalled on approving the
march citing the potential
for violence, issued the nec
essary permits after pres
sure was applied.
The themes of the march
— Black Power, Stop the
Killing (in the community),
oppose police brutality, and
black power in the hip hop
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tion is that they [CBC] would
choose FOX to do this. But the
other thing is that FOX saw a
moment of opportunity them
selves to cover their behinds.
They can always say, “Well,
we hosted the Congressional
Black Caucus,” says Ronald
Walters, a political science pro
fessor at the University of
Maryland-College Park. “So
it’s on both sides, as far as I'm
concerned, a negative.” CBC
chairman Elijah E. Cummings
(D-Md.) disagrees.
“‘We have no permanent
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Charles Barron, New York City Councilman gives the
black power salute as he speaks at the Million Youth
March in Brooklyn, New York, Saturday, Sept. 6,
2003. AP Photo/Ed Bailey
and entertainment industry
were articulated by Mr.
Shabazz and other commu
nity leaders, including the
Rev. Herbert Daughtery,
Councilman Charles Barron,
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friends. We have no perma
nent enemies. We have only
permanent interests,”” Cum
mings says, quoting former U.
S. Rep. William L. Clay (D-
Mo.). “Our interest is that we
invigorate the African-Ameri
can vote and that people have
an opportunity for the first
time during this campaign sea
son to see a live debate and
FOX offered to do it.”
Two Black-oriented net
works also wanted to air the
debate but were rejected.
“Because we have such an
Dr. Leonard Jeffries, and
Cemotap’s James Mclntosh.
Artists who performed
included Will Miller, Taliba
Washington, and Autumn, a
five-year-old girl who recited
excellent relationship with the
CBC, we put forth a strong
proposal, in our eyes, and a
competitive proposal,” says
Michael Lewellen, vice presi
dent of corporate communica
tions for Black Entertainment
Television (BET). “We went on
site visits. We put together a
budget and we came in tan
dem with our news partner,
CBS. But for reasons, which
certainly I would defer to your
sources at the CBC, the leader
ship chose to go with FOX
News Channel.”
poetry in Swahili and Arabic,
as well as English.
Councilman Barron, refer
ring to his run for mayor
next year, reminded the
hundreds gathered that “We
are the majority” and “While
my opponents count their
money I am counting votes.”
Shabazz, the New Black
Panther Party national
chairman said, “I will be
with the brothers and sisters
wherever the fight is going
on. I want to be with those
who will stand up and take a
stand.” He also announced
that the NBPP will be estab
lishing a phone number to
report potentially violent
situations that they will
respond to.
Barron and Shabazz joined
many of the speakers in
recalling the ancestors lost
in the slave trade, calling for
reparations.
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