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David Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists | MTV News (youtu.be)

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

MTV was like radio was for decades before it came along. Black artists with great music and no hits would get covered by cheesy white artists like Pat Boone who got big hits. Baked into the system.

Of course Bowie grew up in a place where the BBC handled alla that kind of sorting.