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I spotted this over at Young Black and Fabulous:
So Houston rapper Mike Jones got his ass…well, actually his face…handed to him this past weekend at the Ozone Awards. A Houston rapper named Trae hauled off and punched Mike Jones in the face giving him a bloody nose. This all happened at the Awards show in front of the masses.
The Box, Trae punched Mike Jones in the face before the show started. Trae appeared as if he wanted to talke to Mike but, punched him in the face instead. Her eyewitnesses say Mike’s nose was bleeding pretty bad, but they were not sure if it was broken. No word yet on what really caused the fight. But it appears that Trae just doesn’t like Mike going around calling himself “Presidential”.
Check out the video After the punch with Mike and his bloody nose!
T.I. & Swizz Beatz perform “Swing Your Rag” during Vibe’s 15th Anniversary celebration @ The Cathedral on 8.12.08 Courtesy of You Heard That New
Thanks to LoKey for this upload.
One of our best-kept secrets is the degree to which a handful of huge corporations control the flow of information in the United States. Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the Internet, a few giant conglomerates are determining what we see, hear and read. And the situation is likely to become much worse as a result of radical deregulation efforts by the Bush administration and some horrendous court decisions.
Television is the means by which most Americans get their “news.” Without exception, every major network is owned by a huge conglomerate that has enormous conflicts of interest. Fox News Channel is owned by Rupert Murdoch, a right-wing Australian who already owns a significant portion of the world’s media. His network has close ties to the Republican Party, and among his “fair and balanced” commentators is Newt Gingrich.
NBC is owned by General Electric, one of the largest corporations in the world — and one with a long history of anti-union activity. GE, a major contributor to the Republican Party, has substantial financial interests in weapons manufacturing, finance, nuclear power and many other industries. Former CEO Jack Welch was one of the leaders in shutting down American plants and moving them to low-wage countries like China and Mexico.
ABC is owned by the Disney Corp., which produces toys and products in developing countries where they provide their workers atrocious wages and working conditions.
CBS is owned by Viacom, another huge media conglomerate that owns, among other entities, MTV, Showtime, Nickelodeon, VH1, TNN, CMT, 39 broadcast television stations, 184 radio stations, Paramount Pictures and Blockbuster Inc.
The essential problem with television is not just a right-wing bias in news and programming, or the transformation of politics and government into entertainment and sensationalism. Nor is it just the constant bombardment of advertising, much of it directed at children. It’s that the most important issues facing the middle-class and working people of our country are rarely discussed. The average American does not see his or her reality reflected on the television screen.
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