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5.27.2009

Radio-Canada Jokeos About Obama Assassinatin { PEOPLE ST0P THA JOKIN', ITS NOT FUNNY ...}

A Canadian group that monitors radio broadcast standards described a supposedly comedic skit about assassinating President Obama a "disturbing, wounding, abusive racial comment."

In a public chastisement of the French-language Radio-Canada Monday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said the on-air skit, which included the line that Obama would be easy to kill because he stands out against the White House, was far from funny.

"The panel finds nothing redeeming in the allegedly comedic notion that an American president should be shot, still less that this would be easier to achieve because of the color of the president's skin," the council said in its decision.

In another disturbing swipe at America’s first Black president, a fake interviewer tells listeners to hide their wallets when an African-American actor playing Obama walks in, the private industry council called the segments. Such remarks are "simplistic, belittling, hurtful and prejudicial," the council said.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Canada’s broadcast regulator, was slammed with 210 complaints about Radio-Canada’s “Bye Bye 2008” sketch. The commission asked the council to review the show, even though Radio-Canada is not a member of the private industry group. While the commission cannot fine the show, a reprimand could thwart Radio-Canada’s future attempts to renew its license.

"This is what we have been looking for," said Dan Philip, president of the Black Coalition of Quebec. "Radio-Canada, an institution that is supposed to be representative of the public, I think violated all basic understanding as to its responsibility in society."

5.25.2009

Clipse & Kanye ~ MAKES A BIG DEAL IN BROOKLYN

The Clipse decided that a narrowly shaped apartment complex in Brooklyn was the proper venue to shoot the video for “Kinda Like a Big Deal” featuring Kanye West, the first single off the Virginia rap duo’s third album Till the Casket Drops. But Hannah and her roommate Z, both third-year college students at Brooklyn College, had no idea the stairwell inches away from their front door would be packed with celebs and video production gadgets, as the ladies prepared for a girls-night-in dinner party. They had no choice but to open up their home to Kanye and friends.