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Old 12-15-2011, 04:52 AM
 
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In the DC area, we have no shortage of black nightly anchor people: Jim Vance (he's been on for YEARS), Leon Harris, Cynee Simpson. Those are the ones that I can quickly recall. I think there are others on channels I do not watch regularly.
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Old 12-15-2011, 04:54 AM
 
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Why is it that African Americans or for that matter or minorities never have lead anchor positions on nightly news and always relegated to daytime.
Also why is it that there a no lead African american actors on any prime time dramas let alone sit coms.
I find your remarks to be curiously uninformed. You are race baiting.
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Old 12-15-2011, 05:00 AM
 
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Depends on the areas, highly black areas like Atlanta or dc usually will be more black folks as tv anchors.

They basically advertise to the demographic. It's business, not racism.
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Old 12-15-2011, 05:08 AM
 
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Why is it that African Americans or for that matter or minorities never have lead anchor positions on nightly news and always relegated to daytime.
Also why is it that there a no lead African american actors on any prime time dramas let alone sit coms.
I guess you don't remember UPN 9
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Old 12-15-2011, 08:10 AM
 
Location: NC
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In the DC area, we have no shortage of black nightly anchor people: Jim Vance (he's been on for YEARS), Leon Harris, Cynee Simpson. Those are the ones that I can quickly recall. I think there are others on channels I do not watch regularly.
Thats cause DC is majority black and half of metro area.
Also I am referring to national networks news and prime time TV
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Old 12-15-2011, 08:22 AM
 
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Thats cause DC is majority black and half of metro area.
Also I am referring to national networks news and prime time TV
so the U.S. is about what 13% black.

how many black national anchors do we need to meet your standards?
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Old 12-15-2011, 08:30 AM
 
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Why is it that African Americans or for that matter or minorities never have lead anchor positions on nightly news and always relegated to daytime.
Also why is it that there a no lead African american actors on any prime time dramas let alone sit coms.

That is when most of their viewers are home to watch.
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Old 12-15-2011, 12:29 PM
 
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My point is why would they think that the average Joe white guy in the US cannot watch an African American anchor the nightly news. (national)
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Old 12-15-2011, 12:31 PM
 
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My point is why would they think that the average Joe white guy in the US cannot watch an African American anchor the nightly news. (national)
Who said they did?
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Old 12-15-2011, 01:01 PM
 
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This is a non-issue. There are lots of black ancors and reporters on the news.

According to a study by Bali State University and the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), between 1990 and 2006, the percentage of African-Americans in the broadcast news workforce dropped from 10.1 percent to 9.5 percent. "Hispanics" rose in representation during that time, and are at 9.6%. In a 2005 Ball State/RTNDA study, "Running in Place," a survey of 1,624 television stations found that 13.4 percent of news anchors, 7.5 percent of sports anchors, and 4.1 percent of weathercasters were Black.

So if it's averaged at around 10%.... which isn't enough off the % representation of the population as a whole to make it seem as if it's some kind of epidemic of non-representation that can't be explained by geographical and population distribution within media markets.
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