http://themoderatevoice.com/5582/double-dead-end/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Thu, 31 May 2012 02:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/5582/double-dead-end/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Amanda Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:04:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2006/03/27/uncategorized/double-dead-end/#comment-577 It's an interesting article, but I think it fails to mention something else of even greater importance. News takes up only a small portion of tv time on the major networks so the success stories and news media coverage are not as prominent as your average prime time show. Maybe what we need to focus on is the lack of non-white characters on tv. Sure, there are black people on major network shows. But very few of them are main characters. The same can be said for Hispanics, Asians, and Indians. And the funny thing is, two of the most popular shows on TV have pretty diverse casts (LOST and Desperate Housewives) so it's not like people won't watch a show with a Mexican woman or an African man in a leading role. The networks just don't do it very often. It’s an interesting article, but I think it fails to mention something else of even greater importance. News takes up only a small portion of tv time on the major networks so the success stories and news media coverage are not as prominent as your average prime time show. Maybe what we need to focus on is the lack of non-white characters on tv. Sure, there are black people on major network shows. But very few of them are main characters. The same can be said for Hispanics, Asians, and Indians. And the funny thing is, two of the most popular shows on TV have pretty diverse casts (LOST and Desperate Housewives) so it’s not like people won’t watch a show with a Mexican woman or an African man in a leading role. The networks just don’t do it very often.

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