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Can one of you stop and pick up some more popcorn on your way back here? Thanks.

Tamron Hall Exit Bashed as ‘Whitewashing,’ Black Journalist Group Tells NBC.

The Wrap:

The National Association of Black Journalists has requested a meeting with NBC News to discuss the exit of Tamron Hall and what it called the “whitewashing” of the network’s “Today” morning show with plans to replace Hall and Al Roker as co-hosts of the 9 a.m. hour with former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.

In a statement to TheWrap, the network refuted the charge but did not indicate whether execs would meet with the NABJ. “NBC News has a long and proven history as an industry leader in newsroom diversity,” the statement read. “We will continue to engage in the running dialogue we’ve had for many years with the National Association of Black Journalists and other advocacy groups to advance those goals.”

In its own statement, the NABJ noted that “NBC has been a leader for diversity in broadcasting” but expressed concerns that the optics of replacing two African American broadcast veterans with a white woman “are being seen by industry professionals as whitewashing.”

Hall decided to leave NBC on Wednesday after her 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show was canceled and she failed to come to an agreement on a new multi-year, multi-million dollar contract. The offer included a role in the flagship 7-9 a.m. timeslot of “Today” as well as a show on MSNBC, according to network reps.

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28 Comments on Can one of you stop and pick up some more popcorn on your way back here? Thanks.

  1. joe6pak FEBRUARY 2, 2017 AT 11:15 PM
    Is meagain going to stand for being called a racist? She needs to fight back.

    I think she’ll do whatever they want her to do as long as the money keeps rolling in…ya, that too 😉

  2. Let me think on this. Megan traded in a 9pm time slot on a channel people watched (until she revealed herself) for a 9am slot on the network nobody with a job watches.

    Will the welfare layabout crowd embrace her?

  3. Don’t forget the cervesa’s

    Feds just flew over my house and all the wireless and cellular freaked out, had to re start everything. Stingray is alive and well and looking for cigani sam.

  4. To tell the truth, I’m tired of seeing what seems like an uber-abundance of Nubians on television since Obama was elected. Anything more than 12.5% is unfair and unrealistic. Television should more accurately reflect the make-up of the American population.

  5. Really awkward timing making this change during “Black History Month.” Which btw I think is a racists event. I mean geez, is there a history month for any other race? None afaik, nor should there be.

  6. National Association of BLACK Journalists?
    Wait……what??
    I thought we were supposed to be in a post-racial society? That’s what O’Bozo said, somewhere, somewhen.

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