Tuesday, August 18, 2009

NBC Launches Liberal Site For 'The' African-American Perspective On News

"There is not a Black America and a White America and a Latino America and an Asian America -- there's the United States of America."

-- Barack Obama, 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address.

"theGrio.com. The African-American perspective on news. Our lives, our world, our stories. theGrio.com. Part of NBC News."

-- promo for new NBC News website, August 9, 2009.

So much for post-racial America.

NBC News apparently believes that African-Americans can be pigeonholed. In NBC's view, there exists "the" African-American perspective on news.

View video here.

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