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Link Love for 2008-07-26

By Kevin ⋅ July 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

My links for 2008-07-26

MTV’s First Political Ad Attacks Obama

By Kevin ⋅ July 25, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Now isn’t this interesting? MTV, which members of my generation and lifestyle inclinations remember as the home of 120 Minutes and Yo! MTV Raps, has aired its first ever political ad. And it’s a conservative, anti-Obama one.
There have been a lot of firsts in the 27-year history of MTV, but beginning Wednesday night (July [...]

Link Love for 2008-07-25

By Kevin ⋅ July 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

My links for 2008-07-25

On CNN’s “Black in America” Special Report

By Kevin ⋅ July 24, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

Not feeling it. Just not. I’m hesitant to even watch any more of it. It all just seems to be more parading over-exaggerated black folk pathology than anything else. That’s not helpful. It may be good for ratings, but it’s not helpful. I’m sick of all of these “special reports” that seem to do nothing [...]

Taking on Fox News

By Kevin ⋅ July 24, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Color of Change, MoveOn, and Nas are going after Fox News.
I can’t wait to see how they respond to this.
See also, Nas on the Colbert Report.
The only problem I see with this alliance is that Nas is an artist that can be used to easily scare up a backlash. Nas addresses the hypocrisy inherent [...]

Hip Hop Violin: Cool Like Dat

By Kevin ⋅ July 24, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

I swear that BlackAmazon either sent me this video or posted it to her own site, but I can’t find the link or reference email to save my soul. So, I’ll just post this vid with all due respect and props. This is some cool ass shit!