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Watch Now : Live townhall meeting on race and acts of violence #WhatNow
MTV, BET, and other Viacom Networks have cancelled their regular schedule programs to air a live townhall meeting to discuss the recent events in the news.
MTV, BET, and other Viacom Networks have cancelled their regular schedule programs to air a live townhall meeting called Whatnow to discuss the recent events in the news.
Whatnow Townhall meeting hosts
Leading the discussion will be MTV’s Charlamagne, Jamil Smith and Franchesca Ramsey, BET’s Marc Lamont Hill and Larry Wilmore from Comedy Central’s Nightly Show.
Open forum
The program is an open forum of artists, activists and audience members discussing the issues underlying this latest round in a cycle of violence and tragedy in America.
You can use the hashtag #whatnow or call in.
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