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Subject: WHITE MEDIA
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:52:53 -0400 (EDT)
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Overwhelmingly White Media Criticize Conservative Rallies as
'Overwhelmingly White'
<http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nathan-burchfiel/2010/08/31/overwhelmingly-white-media-criticize-conservative-rallies-overwhel>
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-rally/>,
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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