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Via Multichannel News
By Linda Moss
MSNBC Sets April 11 Eve To Address Race In America
Network To Air Three Hours Of Programming Devoted To Racial Issues

Following on the heels of the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MSNBC will air three hours of programming devoted to issues of race and racial reconciliation April 11, officials said Friday.

At 9 p.m. ET, MSNBC will premiere Meeting David Wilson, the story of a young man’s reconciliation with his ancestors’ history as slaves. Immediately following at 10:30 p.m. on MSNBC, NBC News will present A Live Conversation About Race. The 90-minute live discussion, which will be broadcast from Howard University’s Washington campus and stream simultaneously on msnbc.com, will focus on racial themes in America. NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams will moderate the event.

Joining Williams as panelists for A Live Conversation About Race are some of America’s more important voices on issues facing our nation including radio host Tom Joyner, author Michael Eric Dyson, entrepreneur Malaak Compton-Rock, screenwriter Kriss Turner, writer Kevin Powell, and columnist Mike Barnicle. Tim Wise, the Director of the Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE) and Rev. Buster Soaries will also be featured panelists.
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Via Multichannel News

Time Warner Cable Bolsters San Diego HD Lineup
Operator To Add Eight New HD Channels In The DMA April 8

Time Warner Cable will enhance its high-definition offerings in the San Diego area next week.

The cable operator will begin distributing HD versions of CNN, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, TLC, Food Network, HGTV, History and Lifetime Movie Network on April 8. The HD channels are available at no extra charge for Time Warner Cable’s digital subscribers.

Officials at the operator said digital customers in San Diego County would be offered CNN HD on channel 726 and Discovery HD on channel 743, come Tuesday.

North County customers North County customers residing in Del Mar, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, San Marcos, Vista and Fallbrook will receive Animal Planet HD on channel 764; Food Network HD on channel 751; HGTV HD on channel 753; and TLC HD on channel 755.
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Via PopMatters
Fox News has ‘Red Eye’ in the wee hours
by Kate O’Hare
Zap2it.com (MCT)

“If beauty were an onion, I’d cry while chopping her to pieces.”

That’s Greg Gutfeld, host of Fox News’ late-night pop-culture/news chatfest “Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld,” introducing a recurring guest, entertainment reporter Courtney Friel. And it’s also about the only one of these introductions that can be printed in a family publication.

Lucky, then, that “Red Eye” airs weeknights at 3 a.m. EDT (2 a.m. on weekends).

“Once you start doing them,” says Gutfeld of the introductions, “you can’t stop. But the thing is, you always have this argument, this option to say, that you’re just playing with language.

“It’s fun, but it’s clean.”

Launched in February 2007 (”We’re trying to throw an anniversary party,” says Gutfeld, “but we’re two months late. That’s how lazy we are.”), “Red Eye” is a sort of alternate-reality version of a news and political roundtable.

Gutfeld and his guests make outrageous, sometimes-bleeped comments, Gutfeld draws the news - always featuring Unicorn Jones and sidekick Fluffy McNutter, a cat/dog hybrid - and there’s no real dividing line between satire and seriousness.
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