Comments on: Racism and Sexism: Bias in Fox, MSNBC, CNN News

By: karen

karen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:59:50 +0000

Thank you Claire, it’s that sort of Right Wing bull shit that makes people respect white people all the more. Keep it up and people might confuse Hitler for your husband.

By: claire

claire — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:56:12 +0000

white people are smarter.. simple as that. look at our oh so smart african american president. dont blame me, i voted for the old white guy

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:41:21 +0000

Yes, very good point. The key is the social networks. Whites get used to their own white networks, and these are key to white power in all major institutions. Whites like whites, are comfortable with whites, clone younger whites to replace them. With rare exceptions, Only those folks of color who assimilate greatly to white norms are allowed into the white-controlled networks. It is about white control as well as comfort.

By: Black Political Analysis

Black Political Analysis — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:47:19 +0000

I just returned from the Unity Conference (journalists of color) in Chicago, IL last week. There was much hand-wringing about how the media need to improve on “sources” of color, but there was little instruction on just how to do this. When I approached recruiters for Fox, NBC, ABC, CNN and many large print organizations, they didn’t really understand why someone would want to be a source. Or, they said contact the reporter or show directly. Talk about futile. Typically, people these organizations rely on standard guests (i.e. Juan Williams is both black and Latino) that they get comfortable with and thus don’t look to expand their reach of sources.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:03:23 +0000

Very good points, Adia. The report does not deal with other data like repeating experts. You are right, the white producers also choose WHO gets to speak for Black and Latino folks, and to ignore entirely other Americans of color. White power…..

By: adia

adia — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:02:31 +0000

Ironic, given how conservatives love to complain about the “liberal news media” and its bias. You’d think such a “liberal news media” would be more multiracial and diverse. I don’t know if the report addressed it, but it’s also interesting to me how the same faces of color are trotted out as the universal “experts” on race. Case in point: I really respect Michael Eric Dyson, but does he need to be *everywhere*? If I’m watching CNN or MSNBC and the story is about race, I know I’ll see him within 10-15 minutes of the opening segment.