Last night I was watching my usual CNN, Fox News, CNN, Fox News, with a little Baseball World Series mixed in between commercial breaks. Larry King was decked out in his matching suspenders and tie, this time a sparkling silver. He had a few panelists on talking about the usual political talking points, and strangely enough ALL ENDORSING OBAMA. The last panel was three men, comedians to be exact. A hispanic comedian, an African-American comedian, and another man I did not recognize. Their wispy jokes and light-hearted comments cast such a wonderful and positive flare on a seemingly-negative election. Then it began...
D.L. Hughley Breaks the News, a program filled with equal parts comedy as substantial reporting, rewired my way of looking at a nightly news show. So long America has enjoyed the wonderful talking heads like CNN's Larry King and NBC's Brian Williams, but never in my short history have I seen something like this show, D.L. Hughley Breaks the News.
Airing at 10PM Eastern Standard Time, the very funny and very intelligent African-American comedian, D.L. Hughley takes us into a whole new world of political, domestic, and international news reporting. My suggestion: Watch an episode next Saturday. Can't make it on Saturday? Try Sunday when it re-aires at the same time, 10PM ET.
I guarentee you that with a light-hearted and open-minded attitude, you will enjoy yourself thoroughly. One of my suggestions of how a talented, intelligent African-American comedian as D.L. Hughley can gain a nighttime slot on CNN is the idea of post-racism. That is another blog entry, but please watch this man and let me know what you think as I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Monday, October 27, 2008
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Agreed, my friend. I enjoyed watching D.L. hold his own with the big boys and give a fine performance. I would say his show is somewhere between the journalistic legitimacy of Campbell Brown (loooove her) and Jon Stewart, and he succeeds brilliantly. Ryan's Legitimacy Spectrum: 1) Campbell Brown's No Bull No Bias, 2) D.L. HUGHLEY BREAKS THE NEWS, 3) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 4) Nickelodeon News, 5) The O'Reilly Factor.
ReplyDeleteI was very surprised, but delighted when Scott McClellan (former Bush Press Secretary) endorsed Obama on national television. I also got a kick out of D.L. handing out flyers at a GOP rally that said, "Palin-Hughley 2012." HAHA! He even got some people to chant it...brilliant. This show certainly is breaking down racial barriers like none other...and all thanks to the candidacy (and eventual presidency) of Barack Obama. Way to change the world, dude.
A black guy on CNN??? Yes, yes indeed. Get used to it, WASPys! :)