{"id":2285,"date":"2026-09-09T00:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funkynubianrepublic.com\/convo\/2026\/09\/09\/bet-digital-news-wipeout-leaves-dent-in-black-journalism\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T00:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:30:20","slug":"bet-digital-news-wipeout-leaves-dent-in-black-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funkynubianrepublic.com\/convo\/2026\/09\/09\/bet-digital-news-wipeout-leaves-dent-in-black-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"BET Digital News Wipeout Leaves Dent In Black Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/17889068206582.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"In this photo illustration, BET (Black Entertainment\" class=\"wp-image-2562896\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SOPA Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past four decades and counting, BET has been a prime destination for all things Black culture. That generational impact only increased with the turn of the 21st century, as BET.com became a web portal that helped bring Black entertainment into the fast-paced digital world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, BET Digital is reportedly making a huge content shift with the recent decision to remove its decades-spanning archive of online news articles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"load-later load-later-vendor-twittercom\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/2095944303260402033\" data-content=\"%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22twitter-tweet%22%20data-width%3D%22500%22%20data-dnt%3D%22true%22%3E%3Cp%20lang%3D%22en%22%20dir%3D%22ltr%22%3EBET%20Digital%20has%20permanently%20removed%20all%20its%20digital%20news%20articles%20from%20its%20website%20to%20%26%2339%3Bprioritize%20video%20content%2C%26%2339%3B%20I%26%2339%3Bm%20told.%20Years%20of%20news%20articles%20are%20now%20gone%20forever.%20%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3ESome%20writers%20were%20able%20to%20save%20their%20stories%3B%20some%20weren%26%2339%3Bt%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FaM1gt63obD%22%3Epic.twitter.com%2FaM1gt63obD%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%26mdash%3B%20philip%20lewis%20%28%40Phil_Lewis_%29%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FPhil_Lewis_%2Fstatus%2F2095944303260402033%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3ESeptember%204%2C%202026%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%3Cscript%20async%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.x.com%2Fwidgets.js%22%20charset%3D%22utf-8%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/playlist\/in-memory-mtv-news-shut-down-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">End Of An Era: 10 MTV News Moments Cemented In Black Pop Culture<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/2025\/05\/07\/106-park-25-unforgettable-moments-25th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">25 Unforgettable<em> 106 &amp; Park<\/em> Moments<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>HuffPost<\/em> reporter Phil Lewis shed light on the news late last week (seen above), making note that some journalists were able to preserve their work while others weren\u2019t as fortunate. The move appears to be a call on behalf of parent company Paramount in order to prioritize video content, similar to the fate given to MTV News a few years back that later <a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/playlist\/mtv-shuts-down-after-44-years-10-moments-that-defined-an-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affected the network overall<\/a>. Articles in the BET.com news section now redirect to video reports from on-air talent, separate from the outlet\u2019s pre-existing digital content offerings with <em>BET Talks<\/em>, <em>The Jason Lee Show<\/em>, <em>For The Fellas<\/em>, <em>BET Amplified Live<\/em>, a cooking series titled <em>Taste That<\/em> and <em>The Shift<\/em> with Tai Beauchamp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many past contributors have shown upset in discovering past work has been potentially deleted forever. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/bet-removes-articles-from-its-site-obliterating-much-of-its-record-of-black-culture-and-history_n_6a9b3a16e4b0d14101e9d547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HuffPost <\/a>culture reporter Njera Perkins openly expressed her feelings of frustration, telling the outlet, \u201cIt\u2019s disheartening to watch years of journalists\u2019 reporting wiped from the internet so easily and without warning,\u201d further adding, \u201cAs digital media grows increasingly unstable, the burden falls more and more on writers like me to preserve and protect our work from being erased completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move seems to also align with BET\u2019s \u201cCommunity Reporting\u201d initiative announced last month that appears to rely heavily on local content from freelance contributors. Interested parties are encouraged to apply via the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betcreatorstudio.com\/p\/1\">BET Creator Studio hub<\/a>, which, according to the site, \u201cbrings emerging and established journalists into the fold, giving reporters the tools, mentorship, and reach to tell the stories shaping Black communities.\u201d It gives the option to either submit an article as an on-camera reporter or pitch an entire show idea from top to bottom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we can get behind the grassroots reporting idea, it doesn\u2019t quite explain why over 25 years of digital news had to be sacrificed in the process. Thankfully, The Internet Archive has made accessing old articles quite the easy task by creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/wayback-labs.sf.archive.org\/bet-explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">web portal backup<\/a> specifically for BET.com.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"load-later load-later-vendor-wwwinstagramcom\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcOrTtYoAGg\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\" 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Is BET Digital bringing its dot-com era to an end far too soon? Keep scrolling to see how many are reacting to the news on social media:<\/h3>\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. i feel for those journalists. BET has the money and tech to archive those articles\u2026 idk why they would make a drastic decision like that.<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"load-later load-later-vendor-twittercom\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ronniessance\/status\/2096002272916357562\" data-content=\"%3Cblockquote%20class%3D%22twitter-tweet%22%20data-width%3D%22500%22%20data-dnt%3D%22true%22%3E%3Cp%20lang%3D%22en%22%20dir%3D%22ltr%22%3Ei%20feel%20for%20those%20journalists.%20BET%20has%20the%20money%20and%20tech%20to%20archive%20those%20articles%E2%80%A6%20idk%20why%20they%20would%20make%20a%20drastic%20decision%20like%20that.%3C%2Fp%3E%26mdash%3B%20ronnslaught%20%28%40ronniessance%29%20%3Ca%20href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fronniessance%2Fstatus%2F2096002272916357562%3Fref_src%3Dtwsrc%255Etfw%22%3ESeptember%204%2C%202026%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fblockquote%3E%3Cscript%20async%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.x.com%2Fwidgets.js%22%20charset%3D%22utf-8%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>via @ronniessance<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOPA Images Over the past four decades and counting, BET has been a prime destination for all things Black culture. That generational impact only increased with the turn of the 21st century, as BET.com became a web portal that helped bring Black entertainment into the fast-paced digital world. 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