Sponsored by Citizens for Change, Inc.
www.EnoughisEnoughCampaign.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 7, 2008 Contact: Julia Pollard – 301 238-4826
Joint Study On BET & MTV Video Content Complete
Washington, DC – The Enough Is Enough Campaign and the Parents Television Council will hold a Press Conference this Thursday, April 10, 2008 to release the results of a joint study analyzing the music video content on select BET & MTV music video programs. The Press Conference will be held at the National Press Club – 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
For the past eight months, the Enough is Enough campaign has been protesting the corporate sponsorship of lyrics and images that degrade women, glorify violence and criminal activity, and negatively stereotype black and Latino men as “pimps”, “gangsters”, and “thugs” in the entertainment industry. Since September 2007, the campaign has been holding weekly rallies outside the DC residence of Debra Lee, CEO Black Entertainment Television (BET) and the New York residence of Philippe Dauman, CEO of Viacom. After receiving national attention, the campaign is now expanding to engage advertisers whose commercials sponsor offensive and adult-themed programs that are marketed to youth.
Contrary to the words of Debra Lee, CEO of Black Entertainment Television, the BET/MTV study will show that the two networks do in fact market adult-themed music video content on programs marketed to youth that degrades women, glorifies violence and criminal activity, promotes drinking and drugs, and portrays black and Latino men as gangsters, pimps, and thugs.
Rev. Delman Coates, Organizer of the Enough Is Enough Campaign, and Tim Winter, President of the Parents Television Council will both present the results of the study. Dr. E. Faye Williams, National Chair of the National Congress of Black Women, and Paul Porter, Co-Founder of Industry Ears and former video director at Black Entertainment Television are also confirmed to speak at the press conference.
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