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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