After years of provocative headlines and breathless stories based mostly on anecdote, we finally have some solid data. The news is probably not as bad as adults might have been led to believe, but it is likely not as good as most parents might wish.

We are presenting news in a way that is unconventional and provocative, while at the same time connected to the Black experience in social, political, spiritual and intellectual terms. There's nothing like THE CHOP UP and MEET THE FAITH on any network today, which makes it perfect for BET.

My house is definitely flooded. I saw it on the news. I've lost my car, my Cadillac, lost over $50,000 worth of instruments, lot of other priceless things like pictures, articles, press clippings, things like that.

[In his Sept. 12 news story] CDC Starts Difficult Task of Recording Hurricane's Effects, ... Numerous studies have shown that people infected with the AIDS virus can safely stop their drugs for a week or so with no bad results.

This house demanded skills that are hard to find these days. The good news is that all these people are here, in Pittsburgh.

Apparently, he's presented it to the news media, but I have not seen what he's proposing,