BET Kicks Journalist Out of Conference
BET Kicks Journalist Out of Conference
BET kicked out Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Robin Givhan, from it’s Leading Women Defined conference in Florida. The Washington Post fashion critic published a Q&A with Michelle Obama, which was shunned upon by the network. Reportedly, Givhan was invited by BET, but they demanded she leave after she published her article. They claimed that the former first lady’s remarks were done in a “sacred space”, alluding to the conversation being ‘off the record’.
In the story that Givhan published, she quoted Obama discussing her campaign experiences in 2008:
I couldn’t count on my husband’s campaign to protect me; I had to protect myself.
She also posted Obama’s remarks about her being disappointed initially with her expectations as the first lady.
The garden was a subversive act. You can’t go in with guns blazing until people trust you.
Reportedly, when BET saw the story, she was uninvited to continue in the conference. They also allegedly canceled a panel she was due to moderate. Givhan responded to criticism on social media about the incident.
Despite the conversation being labeled ‘sacred’, BET posted sections of the Obama interview on its website. A BET rep responded to the controversy stating that Givhan was “invited as a guest (not working press) to moderate a fashion panel,” and her travel and hotel were paid for by BET.
She was made aware that it was an intimate conversation in a sacred space of sisterhood and fellowship.
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You know, there is a time and place for everything. This woman played her self. They invited her because she was a minority in a respected position. Here was her chance not try to get a scope or but someone on blast but to meet and speak with women she wouldn’t have access in her every day life. Here was her chance to develop relationships and grow as a person but she put her career first. You make all these sacrifices for companies who will look you dead in the face and say what have you done for me lately. Relationships are what matters not loyalty to a company that will use you up and spit you out. She is going to learn the hard way cause now if the post fire her she can’t even go to BET
It was clear that she was invited as a guest. She needs to learn that every conversation need not be recorded. And it’s not like she got a hot scoop. Michelle has always made it known that she didn’t agree with Barack running for president at first and that he would need to put his family first and still do dishes. This chick has burned her bridges with BET, Michelle, and the black community as a whole. And for what?