I was going to do this post about Inslee’s mass veto threat. Shorter: I’m pro but with reservations because there are some good things he’s probably going to have to veto.
So I went looking for stories on Google News. And all of the stories were kind of a similar summation, or an opinion piece. Fine. In situations where it’s not one particular piece, but just the story, I try to find pieces that aren’t just written by white dudes. It’s a tiny nudge to newsroom diversity (yes, from this white dude writing in a space that’s mostly white and male).
When I looked at the author’s names, I noticed that they were all men, and as far as I could tell, all white. I may have missed someone. But I think newsrooms can do better.
Of course, my sympathies go to the Reagan family on the death of their matriarch, Nancy. But as the national media gears up for another round of fawning eulogies and bullshit mythologizing, I’m reminded of the post I wrote 12 years ago on the death of her husband.