The numbers tell the rest of the story
on May 19th, 2009 at 8:15 pmIt is not the role of movie producers, advertisers, directors, etc. to set the morality tone for any race. That begins with “WE THE PEOPLE”.
As I have said many times before in the past, instead of marching against BET and calling for the heads of hip hop artists, how about taking the argument right to the people who give them their attention? Something I said a little while ago:
“The open secret very few ever want to deal with is that there are two types of individuals in the general media-consuming public: One that leans to activism anytime they believe media misrepresents them and one that only make their voices heard only through their viewership, readership or listenership. It is the latter group that has the loudest voice.”
The following is a list of random Black websites and their web ranking numbers based on traffic. The few blogs on this list were selected based on the fact that they have been featured or mentioned in major publications. These numbers come from alexa.com.
BlackPlanet.com – 1229
mediatakeout.com - 1565
bet.com – 3294
bossip.com – 4221
blackvoices.com – 6176
concreteloop.com – 7725
essence.com – 21,847
theroot.com – 35,565
blackamericaweb.com – 51,819
Ghettotube.com – 94,291
blackenterprise.com – 96,807
afro.com – 293,817
ebony.com – 348,251
field-negro.blogspot.com – 390,287
whataboutourdaughters.com – 399,112
Reddingnewsreview.com – 636,725
blackpressusa.com – 1,159,662
blackstate.com – 1.232,791
thefinalcall.com – 8,930,523
A few quick observations:
# The websites on the top of this list are very heavy on gossip/entertainment and light on news.
# Notice how the more informative sites that do not involve celebrity gossip are towards the bottom.
# Ghettotube.com is above Blackenterprise.com
# While from time to time the few who are opposed to stereotypical portrayals of Blacks in the media, time and time again the silent majority will always have the last word.
# Where the traffic numbers are high, the advertisers will follow.
# Very surprised at the low rankings of the last three on the list.
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