BROADCAST NEWS... Way I See it!

You know how's there's a certain law that says you don't discuss religion, politics... Well I disagree I have some things on my mind. I feel that the MEDIA is a medium that is USED to control the masses! There is a book called the Art of Persuasion I had to read it during my Undergrad work at Andrews University. Anyways.... Moving on, I learned by reading the book that the RICH people are the ones that control the content of the media. I learned by working as a JOURNALIST that my opinion or view doesn't matter at all. My job is built on how well I can ignore my GUT feeling! So for example if I'm covering a murder trial and I know that the accused is guilty its my job to say, "there are two sides to every story" and "innocent until PROVEN guilty". Now there are plenty of times that I have witnessed and reported on injustices. For example, when I was working in Tennessee they have what I call LOUD Prejudice. Which means, I know that they don't like me for the simple fact that my skin is BROWN, SMOOTH, and RADIANT!
But they know that they have to work with me well because I'm a News Reporter so if they want their content or agenda to be on the 5 o'clock NEWS then they have to give Me an interview. Of course they could refuse but what purpose would that do for them, NOTHING. So they suck it up and give me the Interviews and whatever else I need like B-Roll which is supporting footage for my News Story. After a while it was funny to see that they forgot that I was a BLACK Woman or so I thought! Boy was I wrong, basically many of the WHITE men I worked for felt Angry and Intimidated by my ability to read through their TRICKS. They also knew that I knew that they wanted to have the bragging rights of sleeping with Me. So I just used that to my advantage and allowed them to give me all the favors that I wanted or needed. For example, if I didn't have enough money for lunch then the Mayors office would buy my lunch or give me GAS if I had driven to some God forsaken country HICK town to do a story about Soybeans for fossil fuel. They would then give me Gas so that I could make deadline. So that their Farm or Company or Agenda could be on the 5 and 10 News Cast.
When I first got to Tennessee my strategy was just to go to work and not to have friends because I knew Games were being played I just hadn't learned the rules. Many People might assume, that its 2011 and that racism is no longer relevant but ask ANY or MOST People of Color ANY COLOR notice I didn't say BLACK. They will tell you that they have had to rise above so many barriers and still there is no compensation at the work place. I was told by many Journalist of Color who I consider to be my Mentors (who are apart of the National Association of Black Journalist) "Tasha just BITE the Bullet it will get better. "Just Smile and work heard and don't react to all the office politics and other mess you see! For example there was the little High and Mighty Reporter who I will call Michele. She is the quintessential BLOND times TEN! She has NO common since, she feels she is God's gift to well the ENTIRE Planet and she GETS away with MURDER. This particular woman was an Anchor, Producer, and Reporter when needed. Because she knew her Role at the Station which was to get the viewers she did what she had to do. Which included everything from dating certain Men in local Government, Police, and State officials. There was NOTHING that she WOULDN'T do for a story!
Then I came along, and well when compared to me she was the average PLANE Jane WHITE Woman nothing special no banging body NOTHING! Ha, Funny right! Then all of a sudden, the local officials started to realize that I too was not only Semi Attractive but I was a GREAT Reporter! Sure I didn't know their small HICK town Southern Lingo but I knew how to get any story across. At first she just blew me off as a fly by night BLACK Reporter. But when she saw that I hung in there and took all the racial jabs, and other mess from the towns people she became Jealous!
This was because I without knowing it made her feel like the WHITE TRASH that she portrayed herself to be! Rather than using her brain to get a story she used her "BEAUTY" and since everyone KNEW that she would do ANYTHING well she had trapped herself into a certain "Stigma". I on the other hand REFUSED to go out on DATES or DRINK at the Local Bar with those Dirty WHITE Men who wanted nothing more from Me than SEX. I just prayed and went to a small church that became my lifeline! They showed me LOVE and told me that God would one day right all the injustices I had to endure on a daily basis. So that's what I did I went to work and just dealt with it. I learned their HICK TOWN lingo, I learned that there were a FEW decent WHITE People and that I could trust them to show me how to get around the other White People. I discovered that I could actually enjoy working in the HICK towns of Tennessee but after growing up in Metro Detroit Interning at the WDIV- TV 4 which is a NBC affiliate, working at FOX 5 Atlanta, and then all the traveling I'd done as a child I couldn't EVER be totally happy there. So I just did what I had to do to get the best resume tape that I could! Then I took it with me to my Mentors who gave me pointers! I worked by bottom off in Tennessee. Through the BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS, FRUSTRATION, and RACISM with the help of that church community I did it! I learned how to be a better writer, I learned how to shoot better, and edit not for two week assignments but for the 5 and 10 pm Newscast! What I just described is called being a ONE-MAN-BAND which means you do everything then still have to put on makeup and a smile just like you had a whole crew to do it for you!

The way I see it, NEWS can NEVER be true if only ONE TYPE of PERSON is writing, editing, producing, and finally delivering the NEWS! Even if there is a minority in the bunch that person is usually so brainwashed they feel that they their voice will never be heard so they buckle down and just do what the BOSS WHITE CORPORATE AMERICA wants to HEAR and SEE on the NEWS! IF you want to get a TRUE perspective then you NEED DIVERSITY not just in ethnicity but in LIFE EXPERIENCE!