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	<description>A New Generation Think Tank Dedicated to Promoting Justice in media.</description>
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		<title>The Truth on BET, Rihanna and the deal cut for BET Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/06/03/2011/the-truth-on-bet-rihanna-and-the-deal-cut-for-bet-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While BET and Rihanna are defending the &#8220;Man Down&#8221; video. The facts regarding BET&#8217;s Standards and Practices are clear that the goal post have moved simply to secure BET Award show talent. Facts: BET did not play Rihanna&#8217;s Russian Roulette or S&#038;M videos. BET Standards and Practices did not view &#8220;Man Down&#8221; before the BET 


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		<title>Rihanna&#8217;s &#8220;Man Down&#8221; Video: Dead Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/06/01/2011/rihannas-man-down-video-dead-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.industryears.com/blog/06/01/2011/rihannas-man-down-video-dead-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rihanna &#8216;Man Down&#8217; Video Draws Fire for Murdering Abuser The Parents Television Council is condemning Rihanna&#8217;s latest music video, saying it depicts the singer in an &#8220;implied rape scene with a man whom she later guns down in an act of premeditated murder.&#8221; The opening scene of the singer&#8217;s &#8220;Man Down&#8221; music video shows her 


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		<title>Blast Colt 45: New Media, Same Old Tricks</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/04/21/2011/blast-colt-45-new-media-same-old-tricks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.industryears.com/blog/04/21/2011/blast-colt-45-new-media-same-old-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blast Colt 45: New Media, Same Old Tricks Why the media-watchdog group Industry Ears is firing back at a despicable new malt liquor campaign that it says targets our kids. By: Natalie Hopkinson &#124; Posted: April 21, 2011 from TheRoot.com http://www.theroot.com/views/blast-colt-45-new-media-same-old-tricks Once upon a time, getting urban youths hooked on your product was a fairly 


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		<title>Colt 45 makers under fire over new flavored booze</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/04/20/2011/colt-45-makers-under-fire-over-new-flavored-booze/</link>
		<comments>http://www.industryears.com/blog/04/20/2011/colt-45-makers-under-fire-over-new-flavored-booze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (CNN) &#8212; The makers of Colt 45 malt liquor have stirred up a controversy with their new beverage that some fear will encourage kids to drink. Blast is a fruity new blend boasting twice the alcohol as Pabst Brewing Co.&#8217;s original malt liquor. The drink in a colorful 23.5-ounce can resembles soda pop 


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		<title>Talib Kweili Says No to Colt 45 Sponsors</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/04/12/2011/talib-kweili-says-no-to-colt-45-sponsors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.industryears.com/blog/04/12/2011/talib-kweili-says-no-to-colt-45-sponsors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talib Kweili Says No to &#8220;Blast&#8221; by Colt 45 After alerting Talib Kweili, yesterday via Twitter that Blast by Colt 45, was a sponsor of his Lawrence, Kansas tour date, Kweili quickly responded today via his Twitter account: @RealTalibKweli Talib Kweli Greene So on 4-20 I will be at the Granada in Lawrence Kansas but 


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		<title>Cable Ratings for Black Households</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/03/28/2011/cable-ratings-for-black-households/</link>
		<comments>http://www.industryears.com/blog/03/28/2011/cable-ratings-for-black-households/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Porter Industry Ears Related posts:Black Cable Ratings Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households


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		<title>Snoop&#8217;s Choice to Pimp Poison</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/03/18/2011/snoops-choice-to-pimp-poison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snopp Dog&#8217;s Choice to Pimp Poison Life is a series of choices. Colt 45, for decades has chosen to target minorities with it&#8217;s poisonous low budget malt liqours. Without a whisper, low income bodies are fueled low income liquor. Colt&#8217;s &#8220;Blast&#8221; is the latest 12% alcohol, with &#8216;healthy&#8221; real fruit mix targeted for the low 


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		<title>White House Support for Performance Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/03/16/2011/white-house-support-for-performance-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[White House Support for Performance Right Administration Recommends Congress Act to Provide a Right WASHINGTON—This morning the U.S Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) at the White House issued specific administration recommendations for legislative changes designed to increase enforcement of U.S. intellectual property in order to create jobs and grow the U.S. economy. Included in the 


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		<title>Who&#8217;s Driving That Black Radio Slave Ship?</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/03/10/2011/whos-driving-that-black-radio-slave-ship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my Southern Slave Voice: I&#8217;ssa been telling y&#8217;all for some quite sometime about those black radio slave ships loading up off the shores of Urban radio stations. Year after year, the ships have been taking some of the world&#8217;s best communicators out to sea. One by one they have been picking up just about 


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		<title>Radio Daze: Fake Call to Premier Radio Networks</title>
		<link>http://www.industryears.com/blog/03/09/2011/radio-daze-fake-call-to-premier-radio-networks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radio Daze This week’s parasha introduces a medium for distinguishing truth from falsehood. On the radio, where actors are hired to read scripts and pretend to be real people, things aren’t so simple. BY LIEL LEIBOVITZ &#124; Feb 11, 2011 7:00 AM CREDIT: AlexLawrence/Flickr Last year, a young man called in to a radio station 


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