A couple of very very quick thoughts on the week's news I've read.
-All of the stories about the weather, and particularly the current weather in DC show where journalism comes from in this country. Or, at least, the journalism that I read. Two feet of snow in Minnesota wouldn't even get noticed by the press, but if it happens in DC you see articles on how to drive, how to walk, how to shovel, and more. I'm too lazy to get links, but they're out there.
-African American media anger cycles rarely talk about solutions. I've read or seen at least two dozen articles on the Oscars and how few African Americans are put up by the Oscars. There are a lot of reasons why this is the case, which means easy solutions are hard to find. Therefore I haven't seen a single solution to this problem besides instituting a rule to look at at least one minority candidate for each role. I like that idea, but so far no movement has emerged around solutions to get back room stuff done in a way that gets more African Americans in the pictures.
The news made me sad this week.....
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