News Corp.'s diversity council
June 10, 2009 4:40 pm ET by Karl Frisch
Well, they sure will be busy.
Via the Associated Press:
News Corp. has agreed to form an external diversity council after meeting with civil rights groups about a New York Post cartoon that critics said likened President Barack Obama to a dead chimpanzee.
The company will form a "diversity community council" in New York City that will meet with senior company executives twice a year, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said Wednesday. It also will include a statement of commitment to diversity in its annual report.
So, this is a council for ALL of News Corp., and it will be meeting twice a year. Even if Fox News (owned by News Corp.) alone had daily meetings, I'm not sure it would result in much of an improvement.
After all, Rupert Murdoch launched the News Corp. green initiative two years ago, and Fox News personalities still have trouble accepting the reality of climate change science.
I'm happy the NAACP and other civil rights leaders have brought about some form of change at News Corp. It remains to be seen, though, if News Corp.'s commitment on the issue is anything more than another PR stunt.
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I just finished reading up a little on the war in Europe, and seeing this thing here about a "diversity council", it reminds me of appeasement... it reminds me of the Munich Pact.
I know, that's an extreme comparison, it's not the same thing, but the only reason it occurred to me was because of what I was reading... and it is true, that it's pitiful to make nice and to compromise with, people who hate your guts and don't care whether you live or suffer or die.