BET Digital goes the way of MTV News

BET Obliterates Black Journalism Archive (HuffPo)

I’m very upset to hear this news, and also disoriented by the way in which it is being reported. I think it’s part of an ongoing effort to censor non-white male…

BET Removes Articles From Its Site, Obliterating Much Of Its Black Journalism Record

“It’s disheartening to watch years of journalists’ reporting wiped from the internet so easily and without warning,” said HuffPost culture reporter Njera Perkins.

BET Digital goes the way of MTV News

Though it seems we’re awash in information, those who “own” the information don’t treat it with much respect. If not for the perpetually endangered Wayback Machine, the work of countless of journalists would be lost to the Digital Dark Ages. At a time when news outlets are shuttering due to a localized epidemic of CEOs with AI psychosis, we’re losing another one.  BET Digital, owned by the same media-consolidating Ellison family running CBS ragg…

BET Digital Deletes Years Of News Articles In Video-First Shift

BET Digital’s shift toward video has now raised a much bigger question about what happens to years of Black journalism when a media company redesigns its future. HuffPost deputy editor […]