Media Questions Of The Week

1. Why didn't Essence magazine properly vet white editor Michael Bullerdick before hiring him and then needing to fire him over offensive Facebook postings? And to the people who think hiring him was a sign of "diversity" is that same kind of diversity going on at all the non-Black oriented publications?

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2. Why is Carmen Bryan angry with Nas for making the song “Daughters” about his irresponsibility as a father but she didn’t think it was wrong to write a book detailing her personal business that one day her child would be able to read?

3. Is the remake of Uptown Saturday Night with Will Smith and Denzel Washington going to be good?



Essence Magazine’s “Hair Anniversary” issue f/ Monica, Rihanna, Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, Goapele, Nicki Minaj plus behind the scenes footage

Behind the Scenes w/ Monica

Goapele “Getting Braided”

Essence talks to a variety of women about their hair in November’s issue.



Media Questions Of The Week

1. Did Jermaine Dupri really make death threats against blogger Sandra Rose?

2. Is it really surprising now that Essence is owned by Time that they’ve hired a white fashion editor? Why don’t people understand that until magazines like Vogue and W start integrating Black editors into their organizations that Essence hiring a white fashion editor is not fair? How could it be that the woman chosen could be the only woman qualified? And why is it that there is only one major magazine to serve Black women’s interests anyway? Lastly, when will the average person understand that Black people can not be racist against whites when collectively whites still have better opportunities?

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3. Why oh why is Laurence Fishburne’s daughter doing porn when she has a successful father that could help her do anything she wanted????



Media Questions Of The Week


1. Isn’t it amazing how Michael Jackson is breaking records from the grave with the new $200 million contract his estate arranged with Sony?

2. Is Essence magazine folding?

3. Why is one of Malcolm X’s convicted killers Thomas Hagan getting out of prison on parole? Why did he only serve two days a week in prison as a part of a work release program? Why were the other two men Muhammad Abdul Aziz (Norman 3X Butler) and Kahlil Islam (Thomas 15X Johnson) who were also convicted of Malcolm’s murder but maintained their innocence released on parole in 1985 and 1987 especially when all three men were sentenced 20 years to life? If Islam and Aziz were not co-conspirators
then who else fired the guns? Hagan said those men were not involved in the killing so why didn’t he say who was? Is it really rehabilitation if Hagan refused to tell who really was responsible? Why have all three of these men been able to quietly re-enter society? Why don’t we have a definitive answer about who killed Malcolm X?