06/27/2024
CNN, you couldn't find one media credential for the black press of america?! I call BS and racism on that!!
Press freedom is supposed to be one of the core features of America's democracy! It's been made abundantly clear that that is not true for the Black Press of America. In the presidential debate tonight hosted by CNN in Atlanta, over six hundred media credentials have been issued, even to media outlets that are not in the united states! That will not vote or have a true voice in this election cycle. Yet, CNN who is supposed to be the most trusted name and news denied Black-Owned Media credentials to cover the debate.
I know a little something about being denied media credentials to cover media events, including those that are made up are predominantly black people! Even though my career as a photojournalist has been second to none. My advocacy to have equal opportunities to cover media events damaged my career tremendously! As I sit writing this today, I'm a pariah when it comes to mainstream owned media outlets. I am not welcomed when it comes to covering media events by those that have been my colleagues for almost 40 years! If you
were to ask me, if I had to do it all over again, would I do it any different? My answer would be No! Knowing what I know that it is a lie that institutional racism, especially in media does not exist in America.
In the TV series Star Trek they used to say that Space was the final frontier. I have said over forty years equality for the Black Press of America in media and true equal rights and equality for Black Americans in America is the final frontier! Anyone who believes in what is right and just for everyone should find what CNN is doing. And a lot of other media outlets and those who put on events denying the Black Press equal opportunity to cover them a travesty!
For years I have kept my piece in regards to media. Knowing that those who wish to deny others rights don't ever stop trying to! I suppose that's why I've continued to hear the voice of God getting louder in my ear. Saying I gave you a job to do, its time you got back to doing it!ā³
Photojournalist/ Haywood Galbreath
PS, For the love of God that brought me from the middle of nowhere to the middle of somewhere. And those who deserve to have an opportunity to pursue their dreams and careers in journalism. I will get back to the job God gave me to do!
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