Latinos Willing, Able To Feature In News Stories Average Americans Shun
Ever walk by a newsstand and notice that all the covers are either dead Jordanians or living white people? So did the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, an organization whose recent five-month study determined that "only 18, or 1.2 percent, of the 1,547 stories that appeared last year in Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report were predominantly about Latinos," and that even that coverage was predominantly negative, focusing on Latinos as a "'disruptive force' to U.S. society." Time deputy editor Steve Koepp acknowledged the study, noting that " "We welcome the feedback and are glad to see our cover story on the 25 most influential Hispanics commended for its broad representation of Hispanics in America. With that story and our recent cover on America's Secret Work Force, our goal is to look past the cultural stereotypes."
Koepp went on to add that if Hispanics wanted more of a presence in America's newsweeklies, "they should try to fuck Brad Pitt, just like the rest of us."
