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@rolandsmartin
Sep 26, 2020 • 3 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
No @cecewinans, your interview with @Surgeon_General @JeromeAdamsMD was political. It was a $300 million campaign right before the election to try and change the story on Trump's leadership failure that has resulted in 200,000 dead. 1/3
Questions for @cecewinans @Surgeon_General @JeromeAdamsMD: where did this "interview" air? Was it a paid interview? Is the $300M being spent on any Black media outlets? Where are the ads running? These are all vital questions. 2/3
By the way @cecewinans, if @Surgeon_General @JeromeAdamsMD was trying to reach Black folks, why didn't the White House work to put him on Black radio and digital shows months ago? At #RolandMartinUnfiltered we asked. Got NO White House response. Hmmmm. 3/3

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Oct 28, 2023
My Texas A&M Aggies @tamu @aggiefootball just beat the South Carolina @GamecockFB team and the winner gets to keep the “Bonham Trophy,” named for Alamo battle hero James Bonham, a native of South Carolina. No football player, especially ANY BLACK ballplayer, should EVER hold 1/4 Image
this trophy or take a photo with it. And shame on former Gov and Texas A&M graduate for even commissioning this damn trophy. Why? Because the fight at the Alamo was over SLAVERY. Mexico abolished slavery in 1837, and was not happy when the Texas settlers kept expanding it. 2/4
Santa Anna wiped out the pre-Confederates at the Alamo, which was a church where slave auctions were held. All Texans are required to take Texas History in the 7th grade. They conveniently left all of this out of that big ass textbook we had to read. 3/4
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Oct 3, 2023
Too many of us have only listened to the last 2 minutes of MLK’s “Mountaintop” sermon on April 3, 1968 at Mason Temple in Memphis. He SPECIFICALLY called on Black people to use economic withdrawal against companies that refuse to do business with us. #BlackOwnedMediaMatters 1/11 Image
What we must do today w/these ad agencies is follow MLK and @RevJJackson and “redistribute the pain.” For far too long they have been allowed to screw over Black-owned media companies. They use phrases like “brand safety” yet ads show up on @FoxNews. #BlackOwnedMediaMatters 2/11 Image
But MLK didn’t speak in general terms. He SPECIFICALLY called out companies that Black people should not support. We must call out ALL of the brands that give their money to these agencies and let them know that we are not satisfied! #BlackOwnedMediaMatters #ImNotSatisfied 3/11 Image
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Jul 11, 2023
ATTENTION ALL BLACK HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES: DO NOT sign with Texas A&M University @tamu unless they apologize and reinstate their offer to graduate Kathleen McIlroy. I’m also calling on Education @SecCardona to launch a civil rights investigation into the university. 1/4
Enough is enough. As a Black Texas A&M journalism graduate, I am appalled by what the @tamu Board of Regents has done. Texas A&M recruited a UT professor to revive its journalism program, then backtracked after “DEI hysteria” via @TexasTribune 2/4texastribune.org/2023/07/11/tex…
It’s clear that Texas A&M @tamu loves DEI on Saturday afternoons. They don’t mind Black athletes making them millions, but a Black A&M graduate isn’t worthy of being respected. What they done to Kathleen McIlroy is beyond disrespectful. It’s degrading and despicable. 3/4
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May 11, 2023
True story: When I was at @CNN, I did a segment with Heidi Phillips and another guest. We were discussing Trump. I blasted him and said anytime he comes on the air we have a crawl that says, “This is for entertainment purposes only.” EVP Ken Jautz sent me an email saying NOT 1/4
To criticize Trump when he was coming on our air. He’s still there. I often told booker Stephanie Kotuby that is was wrong for @wolfblitzer to keep interviewing Trump. I was told he always rated well. When @BarackObama gave a speech, @piersmorgan had Trump on to respond. Even 2/4
Though I was Told not to criticize Trump when he was on CNN, I did it anyway. I asked CNN execs why we kept going to Trump for a CEO’s response to Obama policies. I said to call a real CEO of a real company! But CNN execs AND anchors all loved allowing Trump on the air. 3/4
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Dec 14, 2022
The reason you find it hard to believe is because you don’t understand the reality of Black-owned media today. First, there are VERY FEW Black-owned media who have actual reporters. That’s plural. It comes down to resources. #BlackOwnedMediaMatters 1/8
In the advertising industry, $322B is spent annually. Black-owned media gets .5% of that. That’s ALL Black-owned media. If you assess what is covered, it’s mostly sports and entertainment. And a lot of this is opinion. Not actual reporting. 2/8
The advertising industry doesn’t want to invest in Black-owned news. We are told that we aren’t “brand safe” due to the stories we cover: racism, police brutality, etc. Then there is the issue of Black folks actually supporting Black-owned media. 3/8
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I’m on a plane reading this trash @nypost article viciously attacking @TiffanyDCross. It is obviously a story planted by a so-called @msnbc source to destroy her name and reputation. But it’s a bad hatchet job. The “source” was too dumb to even realize it. I’ll explain. 1/17
First, the “source” tries to offer 6-7 reasons why @msnbc didn’t renew @TiffanyDCross contract. They allege she wanted to burn the building down; she spent lots of money on expensive hotels; wanted more office space; and on and on and on. This is LAUGHABLE. 2/17
It took a so-called @msnbc insider two weeks to come up with this BS? First, it alleges @TiffanyDCross was calling around a week before she was fired saying she was gonna burn the network down and president @RJonesNews. Folks, that is a 100% lie. If she had gotten wind her 3/17
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