Thoughts on video we watched in class and beginning of chapter 14

I think that Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad and the Muslim community excitedly anticipated the airing of a show about them and also newspaper segments about them but what they didn't piece together at the time was that the white media was going to switch it around and overall make them seem negative. It is a very controversial subject to begin with and then in a way they gave power to the white man by giving him permission to air a show about him. Even if Elijah Muhammad mentioned what he didn't want included in the documentaries, chances are they went against his wishes anyway. 
Malcolm state on page 243, “it's my personal opinion that the hate…hate… title was primarily responsible for the reaction. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, black-and-white, or exclaiming did you hear it a question mark did you see it? Preaching hate of white people! From the way I understood, Did did attract very many followers to the Muslim religion, but initially I think the white media switched around what the documentary was initially supposed to be about and put a negative spin on it, leaving people in awe and some scared