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I thought you might be interested in the article from the FAIR web site. The following article will be appended to your message: Anything but Racism By Janine Jackson Confronted by protests from the NAACP and others about discrimination in their primetime lineup, the four leading TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox) did what powerful institutions often do in such situations: They feigned affront, denied the facts, made excuses and attacked the messenger, then offered patchwork "solutions" and returned to business as usual. The NAACP's Kweisi Mfume denounced the big four's slate of 26 new primetime shows, none of which feature people of color in lead roles, as a "virtual whitewash in programming," and was immediately echoed by such groups as the National Hispanic Media Coalition and the Media Action Network for Asian-Americans. The initial official reaction was upbeat and bland: CBS said that "the issue raised by the NAACP was extremely important," while NBC claimed that "including minorities on the air is an issue that has been a top priority for some time and it continues to remain an important priority" (All Things Considered, 7/28/99). To read the rest of the article, please click on the link below. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1019 This article was published on Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting's Website (http://www.fair.org).

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