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Massive Layoffs at ESPN; 100 on-Air Employees to Get Axe
ESPN has announced that it is expecting to cut more than 100 on-air employees. It had been widely reported that cuts were looming for the sports giant. Initial news reports had speculated that only some 40-50 folks would be searching for new jobs, but the actual news is much more grim. All of the 100…
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Bill O’Reilly’s Most Outrageous Black Moments
After more than 20 years, Fox News forced Bill O’Reilly out after a series of sexual harassment allegations came to light. What’s worse, after an internal investigation of O’Reilly’s behavior, the company apparently found more. It all came to a head after an April 1 New York Times article revealed that Fox News and Twenty-First…
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Bill O’Reilly Is Out at Fox, and Laughing all the Way to the Bank
On Wednesday rumors began swirling that Bill O’Reilly was out at Fox News, and before the end of the day, the rumors turned into fact. As sexual allegations mounted against the boisterous, opinionated dirtbag, the Murdoch family was forced to move O’Reilly out. Now CNN Money is reporting that O’Reilly not only had a parachute…
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Jay Pharoah on His SNL Departure: I’m Not a ‘Yes N–ga’
Jay Pharoah believes that he’s more than just impressions, but Saturday Night Live didn’t want his jokes—the show wanted his voices until it didn’t, and then SNL let him go. Pharoah’s Barack Obama impersonation was pitch-perfect, but once the president left office, the sketch-comedy show apparently didn’t see much of a need for the funny…
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BET Said to Fire Exec With Breast Cancer
Longtime President Stephen Hill Also Out Anecdotally, Lewis Led Way for Black Journalists Tang Leaving N.Y. Times Editorial Board for ACLU Journalists Weigh What to Say About Missing Girls Polgreen Wants ‘Empathy Journalism’ at HuffPost Almost 50 Years Ago, the News Industry Was Called Out on Race. How Should That Be Commemorated? “BET announced the…
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Really, CNN? You're Hot With Donna Brazile, but Cool With Corey Lewandowski Being on Trump's Payroll?
Donna Brazile responded to headlines regarding her resignation from CNN—in light of leaked emails showing her providing the Hillary Clinton campaign with debate questions—in familiar, black-auntie fashion. Brazile quoted Michelle Obama’s “When they go low, we go high.” She invoked Martin Luther King Jr. She thanked people for their prayers, in some instances, in a…
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NY Giants Finally Release Abusive Kicker Josh Brown After Public Pressure
It only took the New York Giants a year to fire kicker Josh Brown after learning that he abused his wife, but on Tuesday, that’s exactly what they did. After the recent release of documents in which Brown, 37, admitted to abusing his wife, the Giants have finally parted ways with the embattled kicker after…
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Was Tamar Braxton’s Neck-Rolling Too Real for The Real?
Bless her heart: It’s been mighty rough for Tamar Braxton within the last year. Not only was she forced to leave Dancing With the Stars because of a life-threatening health crisis, but her very good album, Calling All Lovers, caught the fade from consumers. Now one of the biggest breaks in her post-Braxton Family Values career—a slot on the hit daytime…