Black “Conservative”
by James Edwards
Remember J. C. Watts? (Yes, Julius http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3752 at all, but colorblind, blah blah blah.
J. C. Watts a colorblind conservative? Hardly. He’s http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4367 who saw that there was a lot more opportunity for advancement on the “conservative” side of the political street. Any idea what he’s up to these days?
Well, when he’s not defending Barack http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4899, he’s busy trying to start a new TV news network. And guess what? No whites need apply:J.C. Watts thinks the uproar over statements by Barack Obama’s one-time pastor illustrates the need for a national black TV news channel.
Watts, who hopes to get one running by the summer 2009, tells The Associated Press that the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3890 is often missing from political debates, including the one over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
“We hope to be the single destination for reliable, credible, informational resources for the African-American community,” Watts says. “The critical thing is to allow the community to create a platform to be involved in the economic, social and political debates taking place across the country.”
He said the Black Television News Channel will be added to Comcast cable systems in Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Baltimore and Washington, and would be available nationwide on Dishnet.
He’s trying to raise $20 million to build studios in Washington as well as a “coast-to-coast high definition news gathering infrastructure.”
Watts objects to some of the criticism Obama has received for his long association with Wright, who accused the government of creating AIDS and shouted “God damn America” in a speech posted on YouTube.
“I’ve not seen http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4406 in his writings, in his speeches, in his books, in his public appearances, that would encourage me to believe that he views the world through the Rev. Wright’s prism,” said Watts, the last black Republican to serve in the U.S. House.
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