j.c. watts
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Black News Channel to Cease Operation after Two Years
Shad Khan, BNC’s majority stakeholder, decided to no longer invest in the news channel.
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Former Pro Football Player and Republican Congressman J.C. Watts Spearheads First Black News Channel, Launching Nationally This Week
Did it really take a former Republican congressman to finally launch the first black news network? Apparently so. He’s a former professional football player, too. If that matters. The groundbreaking Black News Channel — the same one that The Root’s very own Michael Harriot wrote “looks pretty conservative” last year — will finally hit television…
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Fox News for Negroes? Upcoming 'Black News Channel' Looks Pretty Conservative
Thursday’s announcement of the launch of a groundbreaking news channel aimed at black audiences set the internet on fire. There would finally be a news organization focused on issues important to the black community. Or maybe it’s a Trojan horse. Upon taking a closer look at the upcoming Black News Channel (BNC), the first thing…
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I Went to the Black Trump Inauguration Party so You Didn’t Have To
Donald Trump is not popular with black people. Donald Trump was not the most popular candidate for president in 2016. Donald Trump is so unpopular that he can’t convince a Bruce Springsteen cover band to perform at his inauguration. These are facts. However, none of that prevented literally dozens of Americans of color from coming…




