Is Media Criticism A White Boys' Club?

City Desk:

With all of the changes happening in journalism, it seems to be a good time to opine and report about the media. Plenty of blogs and bloggers do so brilliantly, but so do a few hearty souls in traditional outlets. A quick brainstorm session brought forth a list of high-profile names: Romenesko and Beaujon, yes. But also, The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz, NYU's Jay Rosen, the Maynard Institute's Richard Prince, plus four more City Paper alumni: Reuter's Jack Shafer, the New York Times' David Carr, former New York Observer media beatster Tom Scocca (now at Deadspin) and the Post's Erik Wemple.

Aside from Prince, all of these people are white men.

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Comments

[ellwood145]

06:53 PM on 01/26/2012

Racist and sexist--you need to be fired i am offended- eat my white boy shorts

[blizzard man robot voice]

04:01 PM on 01/26/2012

I cannot stand the racist term "White Boy." The American media is mostly white men, not white boys.

[KeepNIt2Real]

01:24 PM on 01/26/2012

What is this woman really saying in her article other than tickling her own fancy and listening to herself talk (or should I say type)? I take her write-up as "on the block" journalism...a view only from the eyes of American experience. Look around the "world" of journalism. It caters to who dominates the think tanks of their country. And doesn't she understand the "system" she criticizes? One she herself is a part of? Or did she miss something while obtaining her college education? Yawning at this one...

[PartisanLove]

12:52 PM on 01/26/2012

hey white victims, your victimhood card has expired

[SpookyTwo]

12:20 PM on 01/26/2012

If something was referred to as a "Black Boys' Club", would that be followed by charges of "Ra ci sm"?

[BuckCarson]

02:23 AM on 01/26/2012

We need to regulate the media. John F. Kerry thinks that white Fox spews lies and thinks that it needs more regulation.

I agree with John F. Kerry - we do need more censorship. Really, only government knows best for you and me.

Not only do we need more media regulation, we need a richer, more complex tax system.

Let us all just sing together:

"Oh, really, only government knows best for me!" Oh!

"John F. Kerry replaced all light bulbs with florescents, in all eleven of his homes!" "Lets' all just sing!" "Oh"

As democrats, we know best for each individual and all their people. Corporations are evil and check the bottom of your Sarah Lee pastries for GPS sensors!

"Budgets don't matter!" "Oh, have you ever heard of Keynesian economics?" "Oh, you must be a tea party patriot that watches Fox" Oh! "That's why we need to increase taxes" Oh!

"I am a Democrat!" "I am a Democrat!" "I am a Democrat!" Sing!

[McGuffin18]

10:25 PM on 01/25/2012

Is media criticism a white boys' club?

Not at Sunday Talking Heads. Plenty of diversity shows up week after week to chip away at the dinosaur corporo-media.

[shangrolah]

08:27 PM on 01/25/2012

Besides being too many white men, there is no ideological diversity, no ethnic diversity, no diversity in the terms of even anyone being outside of the mainstream. Is it any wonder there is not much diversity among press critics too?

http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100453

[hjo4]

08:05 PM on 01/25/2012

In the 21st century any Sunday chat show you turn on you'll find ALL WHITE FACES every week. I have written Howard Kurtz of Reliable Sources and asked repeatedly why do only the opinion of White Americans only matter. I guess many have asked that question because he'll have a Black face on twice a month. Same holds true for all the other Sunday chat shows,the media has told Americans only the opinions and thoughts of White Americans matter. Then they will claim they're not racist,but their actions prove otherwise. It's rather disgusting and telling that the MSM is promoting segregation in opinion in America.

[JFaye]

09:26 PM on 01/25/2012

Exactly... I would imagine if there was more diversity someone would have challenged the use of "This President" and asked what exactly are you saying David Gregory or Brian Williams or so many others who fell into the soup of "This President." In conducting an informal "poll" of African Americans, I asked what do you hear when Lurch peers into the camera and says, "This President? (Has he ever referred to the president as President Obama ... I turn away from him.) Overwhelmingly, the response: "This n-word."

[GunnyJ]

07:41 PM on 01/25/2012

No harm here: White men sell commercials and print space to sponsors.....period. Until that changes, there will be no change. As they say, "don"t hate the player, hate the game"....

[imfedup]

07:19 PM on 01/25/2012

Journalism is by and large a White Boys' Club, period.

[blizzard man robot voice]

04:02 PM on 01/26/2012

They aren't "white boys." They are white men.

[robjh1]

06:38 PM on 01/25/2012

This article gave no insight on anything.

The reason women and non whites are critics is because networks (stacked with white men) think they know how to interpret the news for everyone else. One of the most glaring facts of this comes to racism. Whenever someone is perceived to be racist who makes the call? This is really sad.

For the distance this country has come black President black and all, and still blacks can't be decision makers of the news. Sure we find blacks popping up on different networks to appease or give the appearance blacks are present, but to be honest they aren't.

"and we are not saved..."

[Lowell Thompson]

06:15 PM on 01/25/2012

"Is media criticism a white boy's club?"

Is this a rhetorical question?

http://buythecover.com

[bigjakeIII]

06:52 PM on 01/25/2012

well lowell let me join the club - that is the left not the right side of the page.

[FreedomMan]

06:14 PM on 01/25/2012

White Boys Club . . . that is a racist statement . . . :)

[R Car]

01:42 AM on 01/26/2012

It is what it is, the truth.

[brandonissloan]

06:13 PM on 01/25/2012

Am I the only one who missed the point of this?

[mombabytiger]

07:52 AM on 01/26/2012

Nope.