NEW YORK (AP) — Jane Velez-Mitchell and her staff have been laid off due to budget cuts at CNN, ending her nightly program on the HLN network. Her program, which aired for six years at 7 p.m. Eastern on the CNN sister network, ended Monday. Mitchell was told of the layoff on Tuesday, said an […]
A former CNN employee is blowing the whistle on CNN, claiming that he was sought out because of his race but routinely passed over for…
A former CNN employee is blowing the whistle on CNN, claiming that he was sought out because of his race but routinely passed over for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board ruled against the CNN cable television network on Monday in an 11-year-old labor dispute, ordering the network to rehire or compensate about 300 former workers. The NLRB agreed with a November 2008 ruling by one of its administrative judges that CNN improperly replaced a unionized subcontractor, Team […]
Bad news has come to Atlanta’s biggest news circuit and it’s in the form of layoffs and buyouts. WSB-TV reports: ATLANTA — Big changes will soon be coming to CNN staffing. Two company executives confirmed late Monday that Turner Broadcasting plans to offer buyouts to hundreds of employees, including those at CNN. Reporters for Channel 2 […]
Rapper Talib Kweli has been marching among protesters in Ferguson, Mo. , so he had a few choice words for Don Lemon about his…
On August 17th, Jay Kanzler, the attorney for the store police allege was robbed by Michael Brown spoke to CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield on the air about the store owners’ thoughts on the surveillance footage released on Friday, August 15th. “First of all, my clients have never said that that is Michael Brown in the video, in fact […]
Jesse Williams is one of few entertainers lending their voice to speak about Michael Brown’s shooting by police and the aftermath of the teen’s brutal…
During this year’s Annual Rainbow Push Coalition Conference, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. reminded attendees and members of the black press that black stories matter. He stressed that, if the…
CNN’s Don Lemon interviewed Dr. Conrad Murray on the fifth anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death. Murray is one of the last people to see Michael Jackson alive and he still claims that he was not responsible for the death of the pop star. Watch the entire interview above and tell us what you think. Do you […]
Another day, another beef. This time, the contenders are Rush Limbaugh and Don Lemon. The feud between the talk show hosts is one of many stemming from Donald Sterling’s racist comments. While addressing the Sterling situation on Monday, Limbaugh mentioned how the things said by the LA Clippers’ owner were causing him problems in light […]
For iPhone users: For the past few days we have been inundated with mysteries and tragedies in the news. One is the mysterious disappearance of an airplane. One of the tragedies is the violent explosion of two residential buildings right here in New York City. In both instances lives and attitudes changed immediately. Paul Weeks […]
