Last winter, 20-year-old Adrian Gordon, wasn’t wearing a seatbelt when a friend’s speeding car blew a tire on the Long Island Expressway. Gordon was ejected, fractured his spine and was told he’d never walk again.
For weeks, Gordon was only able to move his eyelids, until one night a sensation in his foot awoke him.
“I looked at my toes and saw them moving because I knew when I went to sleep they weren’t moving,” Gordon said. “I made sure I stayed up all night, because I’m like…look, if they’re moving now, I’m going to keep moving them all night, so it won’t go away!!”
Gordon, a former high school sprinter, was a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College where he studied accounting when the accident occurred. He now plans to return to school but will major in sports medicine, in hopes of helping people with injuries similar to his.
“Without a doubt, I know it’s a miracle,” Gordon said last week at a news conference held in the hospital’s rehabilitation unit and attended by the physicians and therapists who guided his recovery. [ Read the article in its entirety. ]
BET & MTV ASSAULT KIDS EVERY 38 SECONDS
According to a study analyzing BET’s “Rap City”, “106 & Park” and MTV’s “Sucker Free” by the Parents Television Council and the Enough is Enough Campaign, BET and MTV are bombarding teen viewers with sexual, violent, profane or obscene images every 38 seconds.
“What BET and MTV are offering to children on these three programs is full of offensive and vulgar content, the likes of which cannot yet be found on broadcast television. Being in the trenches fighting for better indecency enforcement and cable choice on behalf of millions of American families, we thought we’d seen it all – but even we were taken aback by what we found in the music video programs on MTV and BET that are targeted directly at impressionable children,” PTC President Tim Winter said.
The report also offers four recommendations that will not only encourage positive and constructive dialogue around the issue of program content, but also create movement toward greater accountability and responsibility in eliminating the graphic content to which our children are exposed.
MAGIC JOHNSON’S $1 BILLION URBAN FUND
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The Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, a partnership between Canyon Capital Realty Advisors and former Lakers guard Earvin “Magic” Johnson, announced last week it had concluded raising a $1 billion fund targeted for new development and urban revitalization.
With nearly $2 billion in committed capital, the Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund is the country’s largest private equity fund focused solely on the revitalization of American’s densely populated, ethnically diverse communities.
Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund III will fund new development specifically geared to the population in ethnically diverse, densely populated neighborhoods with strong demand for new retail, residential or warehouse and distribution centers.
“The potential for continued revitalization in ethnically diverse communities is nearly limitless,” Johnson said. “Demand for affordable housing and community-serving retail is only going to increase.” Bobby Turner, managing partner of the fund, added.
Oooh God, this same lame ass old tired arguement AGAIN! If parents do not want their children to see or be influenced by what is on TV then TURN IT OFF, there are the rest of US who know the difference between reality and a serious of iamges put together to sell a person or a product! ITS just ENTERTAINMENT if ya dont LIKE it give your KIDS BOOK or some and LETS MOVE ON PLEEEEEEEEEAAASE
Who the hell even watches BET anymore??? i agree with #36 about 106th and park; that ish was dry as hell after AJ and Free left and Terrance and Rossci are lame, so i dont even watch it.
BET need to understand if it aint broke dont fix it!!!!
LMAO @ #48 aka CRIP TALK
What you said had some truth to it, lol
I guess bitches rolling around on cars in Rock ‘n Roll videos don’t taint the young mind….why is it always hip-hop???
yes about time ppl are speakin up about tv nowadayz especially mtv and bet because more young ppl tend to watch those stations than any other, and the state of tv right now has become worse….selfish….ignorant…too much sexual content and violence..nothin constructive…not enough positivie programs..for young ppl to be interested in or inspired to be positive and wise…even stations like NOGGIN are showin shows to 11 12 and 13yr.olds about sex, trends and fashion, bein popular and pleasin boys..all the unessacary things bein promoted to teens givin them the wrong idea and impression on how to live…all these ragedy and fictionize reality shows that have no purpose to even be on tv…..I havent watch bet and almost 7years almost as long as I stoped listentin to the radio…I cannot believe the shhh they show knowin younger ppl watch tv more than adults do…..and its not just mtv and bet…vh1 and most tv period is becoming so ridiculos its purely sad and it just makes you angry that AMERICA is bein represented the way it is on tv…..very embarassin….our younger generation is bein succumb to too much bullshh….young girls nowadays feel they have to look sexy and boys feel as if theyre still a virgin pass 12 its not cool….I mean look at ther videos…ppl are actually congratulatin KANYE WEST for his tacky azz video “FLASHING LIGHTS”….and Soulja Boy comin out with lyrics for KIDS “supersoak that ho and yah trick” this is the music that our younger generation is buyin and watchin…ppl should be leary on the future because all the badd shh on tv and radio is stickin the kids that are growin up off of it…..
Stop blaming Bet and MTV. Parents raise your own kids.
Im sorry my ppl…but I cannot wait to stack my bread and move out of AMERICA..i DONT EVEN want to consider myself an american with all the bullshh thats within this country…everything nowadays is based off sells and records….MONEY…..the root of all evil…..the reason BET FOLLOWS MTV BECAUSE MTV GETS PAID OFF THE VIEWERS THAT TUNE IN TO THE SHH THEY HAVE TO OFFER….BET NOW IS USIN MORE NON BLACKS TO REPRESENT THEYRE SHOWS JUST FOR THAT FACT..HOW F’N PHONY>? IT WAS HILRIOUS WHEN THEY TRIED TO JOCK THAT ONE SHOW MTV HAD ON RICH KIDS? WOOOOW HOW MANY RICH BOOGEY BLACK KIDS DO YOU KNOW? How Hilarious…and COLLEGE HILL AKA THE BLACK REAL WORLD…IS FUNNY TOO AND A WASTE OF AIR TIME…
A COUPLE OF THOSE KIDS ON THERE DONT EVEN BELIEVE THEIR AFRICAN……..how ignorant is some of our young BLK ppl….THANKS TO AMERICA ROBBIN MOST AFRICAN AMERICANs of their true identiy and labeling it black…how ignorant is that to consider yourself a color? I have no kids…im a 22old soul but when I do have some….It want be here in AMERICA>? My kids dont need to see the bullshh they promote on TV……MOST KIDS THAT GO TO SCHOOL THINK ITS FOR A FASHION SHOW…THEN u have the groups the popular, the geeks, the this the that all that dumb shh thats bein allowed in schools….that takes the focus off the main goal of goin…AMERICA IS DYIN BECAUSE SOO MANY PPL ARE KILLIN ITS SPIRIT. Not givin a f*ck on the consequences of the so called “minor actions”…PPL DONT REALIZE WE ARE ALL TEACHERS….AND THE NUMBER ONE TEACHER IS GOD.
Adrian…Amen and Amen…praise HIM indeed \o/
Magic…that’s whats up
BET/MTV…next
God loves Adrian! That was such a great story!!
Cosign# 17.
Oh yeah…and i see 1 billion thats going to go to waste.
God is good all the time
MY THING WITH BET IS THE RE-RUNS OF DIFFRENT STROKES WAYNE BROTHERS ETC THE NEED SOME NEW SH*T BADLY
NOW I DO WATCH KEYSHIA COLE SHOW, COLLEGE HILL AND THE BET AWARDS THATS ABOUT IT.
AND IF MTV DONT QUIT PLAYING AMERICAS NEXT TOP MODEL EVERY WEEKEND ALL DAY I KNOW SOMETHING!
HIGH AS CABLE IS WE DESERVE SOME DECENT SHOWS INSTEAD IF ALL THESE DAMN RE-RUNS!
I don’t like getting into these conversations because I feel like the people Im talking to have no intentions on listening but for this story I will say my piece anyway. I grew up watching rap city, 106 and park, and sucker free and Ive never done anything even close to what the videos on those shows display. At what point do these parents stop blaming hip hop for there children’s mistakes? By no means am I saying that the lyrics in hip hop are not somewhat sexual and overly violent. And that the videos aren’t somewhat offensive and annoying, but if your daughter goes out and become a stripper (not that there’s anything wrong with that) maybe your bad parenting played a bigger role in that than big pimpin. And please I beg of you please stop blaming hip hop for violence in America. At this point its getting old. The “Hip Hop” that’s being given to the mainstream at this time is anything but violent so whos to blame now? If your kid runs in a store or a school and opens fire maybe your bad parenting played a bigger role in that than DMX. Hip Hop is very hard to defend because at times it is everything that they say it is. But it is not, I repeat NOT the reason Americas youths is so messed up
I don’t understand how people go around blaming the tv for the problems in youth today. The way you raise your children- includes the type of media you expose them to. If parents are so up in arms about the sexual or violent content on BET and MTV-
then they should remove from their available channels. There are so many new ways
to watch what your kids are doing on the internet and what they’re watching on tv.
There will always be available avenues for sexually explicit and violent material on tv.
You as a parent must deal with it and watch over what your kids observing.
………I Love Magic. He has done so much for the urban communities as far as development. He built a brand new shopping center in the hert of Compton when no one else would. Keep it up Magic. Pay it Forward!!
You can blame television if you let television raise your child. Teaching your child is your own responsibility and should be reinforced in the school system. In addition what they learn in the school system should be reinforced at home.
BET is insulting and coontastic… I have a fourteen year old daughter who does not watch reality television or BET she just has no interest in those type of shows at all. She commented that “it is demeaning and degrading”.
Her opinion of the “women” (use the term loosely) in most of the videos is that they are loose. We might think that she is being judgemental but she is going by what is being presented to her so there isn’t another opinion to form when the woman is chaking her barely clad body to the beat of music.
She says this because I instilled and laid a strong foundation. It’s because of my own upbringing that she holds high standards, morals and values. It is her choice not to entertain such shows. I don’t feel the need to block channels because she knows right from wrong and she is aware of what she is comfortable with watching.
It doesn’t matter if it’s country rap or any other type without values and morals at home it’s a lost cause anyway. There isn’t any art form in these types of videos it’s complete and utter garbage. I’m not a BET hater I flip to the channel on occasion for a good few minutes but for the most part it’s not a channel I think about. Their isn’t in quality in their programming.
I guess but what about the other tv station not just bet & mtv. family guy and other shows. to much damn reality tv shows.
It’s not an issue of shows that are shown in later night time hours. It’s those shows that are geared towards young people and are trying to attract and influence those 16 and under. If you are going to target youth, give them something that is beneficial to the mind. Music videos now in days are just half nakedness and sexually explicit content. Play those after hours. So what you argue kids will see it anyway, but at least you did your part of keeping that foolishness away from them.
Lets face it, and I’m not knocking anyone, we have a bunch of young parents still trying to have kids and not mature. So they don’t care what they say around their kids, they don’t care what their kids watch and they don’t know what setting a good example. Not everyone but a strong majority.
tHE parent Television council????????
Why are they only singling out hip hop shows. What about Real World and all that other bullshit. Come on man!!
What Magic Johnson is doing brings tears to my eyes it something Oprah, and Bill Cosby, and others could have done years ago instead of just looking down or ignoring the problem. I always said If I was as rich as those ppl I would do something to help the worst community.
Magic has got to be one of the smartest mofos in the history of mankind. It’s not all about formal education, it’s about maximising what God gives you to work with. I’ve never seen Magic blaming other races for any thing that’s gone wrong for him, he just does what he did in basketball: Keep his head up and look for the opening.
“We” can learn alot from tis man. I’ve watch how he’s been inclusive of all, yet been able to help so many of his people as a result. Magic benefitted from is associations with people like Dr. Buss, David Geffen, Mr. Mariani and others, who gave him the business game.
You’ll never hear him singing that old tired shit like Alicia Key, and Erika Baydu, blaming the “white man,” and never accepting responsiblity. When you don’t accept responsibility, you don’t grow. Plus, blaming someone else all the time, just dilutes the argument when there’s a real isssue there. Remember “the boy who cried wolf?” That shit is real.
Press on Magic, make us proud!
SURE BET AND MTV ARE BAD INFLUENCES, BUT IT WOULDNT AFFECT IMPRESSIONABLE KIDS SO MUCH IF ALL THE LAZY, IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTS WERE DOING THEIR JOBS AS ROLE MODELS PROPERLY. ITS THE ROLE OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS TO RAISE CHILDREN, NOT TV.
wow GOD is good, that’s cool that he’s able to walk again.
IT NOT BET OR MTV’S FAULT PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY KIDS WATCH BET IS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES IT DOESNT SAY BET KIDS OR MTV BABIES SO BACK OFF BET AND MTV ITS NOT THIER FAULT!!!!! NICK IS FOR KIDS MAKE THEM WATCH THAT
GOD BLESSED ADRIAN. ITS A BEAUTIFUL THING DAT GOD DID. PRAISE THE LORD!!
I think eliminating all the “vulgarity” and “obscenity” on TV won’t help the situation anyways. Personally parents should start raising their kids and stop letting society and television do it for them.
Just my opinion and the way I see it.
Aaron Mcgruder summed it up best Boycott BET!!!
i’m glad someone finally addressed MTV, because BET is not the only channel playing crap 24/7/365
@ Shag #79, are you white? Where does Alicia Keys and Erykah Badu fit into this? When has Alicia tried blaming the white man? Maybe Erykah but she’s not hostile about it. They’re trying to teach people to EDUCATE Themselves to be independent and take responsibility for your actions. Dont diss positive music!!! Those sistas are survivin’ and you want to bring em down!
Probably a white dude in disguise….
Happy to see that fella walking again!
NOW THIS A QUESTION OF AN INQUIRING MIND. PLEASE DON’T ATTACK ME FOR ASKING THIS QUESTIONS. I HAVE MY OWN ANSWER BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS COME FROM.
………………………….now with that disclaimer out of the way……….
Why is it that some of you saying that God is involved with this boy walking again?
Why is this boy is single out for a blessing? How come there are some of who have far more drastic situation to live with yet nothing happens for them? Just want someone to break it down for me.
really only every 38 seconds? seems a lot shorter than that…. watchin a plies video or a wayne video or any popular video on BET and its prolly every other frame.
IDK, J DAKAR…I REALLY FEEL WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, AS AN ADULT I KNOW IF THERE IS SOMETHING I DON’T LIKE OR DON’T WANT TO SEE I DO TURN IT OFF/CHOOSE NOT TO PROMOTE IT BUT W/ THE TWEEN & TEEN MARKET SEGMENT MTV & BET ARE TARGETING, IT’S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO NOT TAKE THESE MEDIA GIANTS TO TASK AND BREAKDOWN THE FACTS AND TELL THEM WHAT THERE PROGRAMMING IS DOING. (AND I DON’T HAVE IT TWISTED, THE NETWORKS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE DOING) EVEN UNDER PARENTAL GUIDANCE THESE SHOWS HAVE SO MUCH GROWN UP CONTENT THAT PARENTAL SUPERVISION GOES OUT THE WINDOW-IT WOULDN’T MEAN ANYTHING UNLESS THE PARENTS USE THE ADULT CONTENT IN THESE SHOWS TO EXPLAIN TO THEIR CHILDREN, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO NOT DO, OR DO NOT SAY…
I AM ALL ABOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH BUT ONLY WHEN IT’S DONE RESPONSIBLY AND IN THE RIGHT CONTEXT. EVEN MORE EVIDENT TO ME IS THEY (THE TWO NETWORKS) DON’T OFFER ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING WITH REAL TEENAGE CONTENT. THEY DON’T OFFER A BALANCE OF GROWN UP MATIERIAL AND SAY, PG-13 PROGRAMS. SO YEAH, I THINK IF THESE NETWORKS WANT TO STAY “PUSHING THE ENVELOPE” OR “CUTTING EDGE” THEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE THE STAND UP PERSON TO SAY TO THESE NETWORKS “HOW ARE YOU BEING RESPONSIBLE?”
^^^^^^NO, I’M KID FREE *KNOCKS ON WOOD*
I HOPE ADRIAN’S STORY WILL BE JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE BELIEVERS OUT OF ATHEISTS & AGNOSTICS…
AS FOR RAISING A BILL, I’LL BE MORE IMPRESSED TO SEE HOW THE MONEY IS PUT TO USE…
you know what? im a black teen nd personally i think that if you have a issue wit your kidsz watching bet nd mtv then fuckin parental control block it dont try ta make them take down the channelsz all together there are plenty of other channelsz that show degrading stuff mayb not all da time but just as much i mean they have a playboy channel what about that? if you brought up your child right then they will know right from wrong nd not be influnenced by what they see on the t.v that isnt right dont try to blame it on these channels or on t.v in general because they can learn dat same shit in school from there friends or so called “friendsz” i mean thats like stopping kids from watching porn they’ll alwaysz find a way lmao
Bet is the one of the main reason for the hoochies, thugs and gansta’s. Bob Johnson made millions and no one did anything about it! In my book he is a monkey-minded house nicca! Bet was/is not allowed in my house, for my children to view!
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