Black Media Ownership “A National Disgrace”
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps has sounded an alarm on the plight of black media owner by calling it a “national disgrace.”
Addressing the 10th annual Wall Street Project conference, Copps discussed how black broadcast media ownership has fallen 30% in the past nine years. So, if one looks at black television, for instance, black ownership is 1.3% of the total market.
Copps lays it out in plain and stark terms:
Copps said media ownership has a direct bearing on how people of color are portrayed in the media.
“And we wonder why the depictions of minorities in our media are so often distorted? We wonder why issues of importance to our many diverse communities don’t get the attention they need if they are ever to be resolved? Let’s be frank: ownership matters. Truth be told, ownership rules. Unless and until we do something to increase minority ownership, our communications sectors will continue to under-serve the great Promise of America.”
Point taken.
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