Word: colored
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...Indeed, we are today facing an ownership crisis in broadcast television. People of color make up 33 percent of our population but own just three percent of all broadcast TV stations—and research shows that the number of owners is plummeting at alarming levels. Despite repeated requests from more than 20 civil rights organizations, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has placed the future of media diversity in greater jeopardy by asking programmers of color to take a back seat to his favored special interests...
...town for holiday vacations, Martin bulldozed through a dramatic relaxation of the cross-ownership rules that ensure a diversity of voices in our local media markets. Now, local media moguls can buy both a television station and the major newspaper in the local market. And because people of color and women are more likely to be single-station owners, they are especially susceptible to local consolidation efforts...
...Indeed, in the hours preceding the FCC vote, Martin blithely acknowledged that the new rule would make it harder for people of color and women to own broadcast stations. Martin has also been the subject of widespread criticism from the civil rights community for other efforts that would hamper African-American television programmers such as a la carte pricing and his campaign to award large swaths of cable channel space to incumbent broadcasters at the potential expense of programmers of color. The civil rights community accused the FCC and its chairman of aping an “anti-diversity agenda...
...tears stream down my face as Barack Obama delivers magnificent speeches like those he gave at Dr. King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. Without doubt, there are many who will vote for or against Hillary and Barack on the sole basis of her extra x-chromosome and the color of his skin. But for the informed and thoughtful citizen, the much more interesting question at stake is less about demographics and more about the key skills required to be an effective president: established fluency in policy-speak versus the ability to bring down the rafters. At heart...
...Breaking Bad” are trying to avoid striking the same tone as “Weeds,” but the plotlines need to be as flip as those of “Weeds” for the show to have a little bit of color. A little more comedy would also help with all the bodies this show has been piling up.Considering its status as one of the new breed of actor-driven shows, “Breaking Bad” shouldn’t hesitate to rely on Bryan Cranston’s charisma...