or for ANY crowd or group to NOT be overwhelmingly "White"
On Aug 31, 9:10 am, dick thompson <rhomp2...@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Subject: WHITE MEDIA
> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:52:53 -0400 (EDT)
> From: claguerra...@aol.com
> To: Rhomp2...@earthlink.net
>
> Overwhelmingly White Media Criticize Conservative Rallies as
> 'Overwhelmingly White'
> <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nathan-burchfiel/2010/08/31/overwhelming...>
>
> By Nathan Burchfiel <http://newsbusters.org/bios/nathan-burchfiel.html>
> | Tue, 08/31/2010 - 08:47
> If you thought media coverage of the Aug. 28 "Restoring Honor" rally
> hosted in Washington D.C. by Fox News host Glenn Beck seemed like just
> another attack on conservatives, you're not alone. As noted by the Daily
> Caller's Jim Treacher
> <http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/29/what-theyre-saying-about-the-828-ra...>,
> much of the coverage had a common thread: describing the crowd as
> "overwhelmingly white."
>
> While the term was certainly used in coverage of Beck's rally, it's not
> a new label. "Overwhelmingly white" is a prime example of the media's
> groupthink on Beck, Tea Parties, and the conservative movement in
> general. Virtually every major "mainstream" media outlet has used the
> phrase in just the past year to describe conservative events.
>
> But even as the media criticize Tea Party and other conservative rallies
> for an apparent lack of diversity, they struggle to bring minority
> voices into their own operations.
>
> All three broadcast networks have described the Tea Parties as
> "overwhelmingly white." So have CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the Agence France
> Presse, The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times,
> USA Today, National Journal and US News & World Report. Many of those
> organizations are the very ones the news industry discusses as having
> failed to make diversity goals for staff.
>
> Read more:http://newsbusters.org/#ixzz0yBtQjjRu
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