Many members of Black Twitter took great exception that Black Entertainment Television allegedly did not provide live coverage of the Million Man March’s 20th anniversary.
Actually, many were irate that the major mainstream networks ignored the unprecedented gathering of black men in the nation’s Capitol. But they were even more incensed that BET, a black network that caters exclusively to the black community, did not provide live coverage of the proceedings that was attended by Min. Louis Farrakhan, the founder of the original march in 1995, along with the likes of Russell Simmons, Common, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Young Jeezy, and members of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” among others.
To be fair, BET did state on their site they sent a news crew to the extravaganza, which took place in the same city as BET’s national headquarters.
Attempts to reach BET were unsuccessful, as the answering service notified this writer the offices were closed today, ostensibly in observation of the national holiday.
Nevertheless, there were plenty of angry individuals calling for heads and boycotts of BET, some in the most profane and vulgar manner. Here are some of the more tame Twitter responses to the allegations that BET did not provide live coverage of the Million Man March.
#BET should be embarrassed about not covering the #MillionManMarch what the hell is BET even for anymore?
— Get smart (@soldierDtruth) October 10, 2015
So #BET didn’t think it was important to broadcast #MillionManMarch ??? I guess old Martin episodes were more important
— tara (@360IRIE) October 10, 2015
Why didn’t #bet bet cover the Million Man March #millionmanmarch but have… https://t.co/grm1OHAWEk
— Big Tex – (@bigtexmarketing) October 12, 2015
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Y’all boycotting #BET and not watching awards because they didn’t show #MillionManMarch ?
— ⚓♊✌ (@LiLEaSy_E) October 12, 2015
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#BET. So-called Black Network, but doesn’t give any coverage to #JusticeOrElse! Only shows garbage! Slave station. pic.twitter.com/qXalyjSdyw
— John C. Muhammad ☪ (@JOHNMUHAMMADJR) October 12, 2015
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Interesting how #BET hasn’t covered the #MillionManMarch but The Shade Room has.
— Erika the Girl Scout (@ErikaArmelle) October 10, 2015
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DONT SAY U CONSCIOUS , WOKE, REVOLUTIONARY ECT AND THEN CUT ON THAT DAM TV TOMAW AT 8 , TELL YO FRIENDS BRA , WE NOT WATCHIN #BET NO MO
— ABIGAILCOLLINS 1695 (@DENISHAZE) October 12, 2015
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Why support those who don’t support us? #bet #millionmanmarch https://t.co/Rb7pb5x8Rd
— Brenaé E. Graham (@__PoeticSpirit) October 12, 2015
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I guess y’all didn’t noticed the biggest black movement was not shown on television thanks #BET
— 6ix_The_Hardway (@PippennotPimpin) October 12, 2015
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Major cable news networks – as well as #BET & #TVOne – decided not to cover #MillionManMarch live: https://t.co/1BQwBkSIVA via @PrinceEditor
— Jawn Murray (@JawnMurray) October 12, 2015