For Ed Garnes, founder of From Afros To Shelltoes, veteran journalist T.J. Holmes’ move from CNN to BET conjures up a weighty question:“Whose kool aid is sweeter…CNN or BET?”

With mega churches more concerned with tax returns than spiritual bankruptcy, absentee parents content on living second childhoods instead of raising competent adults, and ego driven leaders jockeying for a seat at Master’s table, it’s easy to understand why shallow billboard hits are all pretense and no power.