Since 70% of "Americans" are "White" it would be abnormal and racist or for ANY crowd or group to NOT be overwhelmingly "White"
On Aug 31, 9:10 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: WHITE MEDIA > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:52:53 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > 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 -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
