Why are progressive Black Political Bloggers excluded from the political dialogue?

Why are progressive Black Political Bloggers consistently excluded from political news brodcasts?

CNN’s Internet reporters Jacki Schechner and Abbi Tatton will host the first “CNN E-lection Nite Blog Party” at Tryst, a Washington, D.C. hotspot for young politicos. The party will gather many of the top political bloggers from across the country to blog together. Some of their analysis will appear in segments on-air and in reports online, including on CNN Pipeline, CNN.com’s premium live video news service.
African American Political Pundit has learned our good friends at TalkLeft will be there. so will Atrios, Christy of Firedoglake, John of Crooks and Liars and Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. We hope CNN and other news outlets will include other progressive African American Political Bloggers as they dialogue regarding this mid-term election in which Black Americans, Latinos and Native americans are critical swing voters.

Let’s hope election night does not look like the meeting of a few months ago:

Cllinton meets with Lilly White Blogger Group in Harlem

It would be great to see and hear these and many other Black progressive bloggers involved in news broadcast and blogger meetings:

I would like to see and hear our conservative Black bloggers too:

Wednesday, November 01, 2006