Media Highlights
The Washington Post cited research by Stacy Smith and Katherine Pieper of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the poor portrayal of mental health across ViacomCBS programming, including MTV's shows.
MSNBC featured a column by Marc Ambinder on Twitter riding the line between moderation and censorship. "In the future, we might be able to use a third-party app to reduce to near-zero the amount of hate speech we see online," he wrote.
Bloomberg quoted Freddy Tran Nager on Black TikTok creators' frustration with their work being appropriated by other users. “I think they have a legitimate gripe, and it is kind of sad that these platforms are not communicating readily with the people who are doing all this uncompensated labor for them,” he said.
The Los Angeles Times quoted Dan Schnur on a GOP policy advisor who is running for state controller. "If California Republicans are ever going to reemerge as a competitive force in the state, it’s going to require candidates like Lanhee Chen," Schnur said.
Today featured Alan Abrahamson on sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson's fans insisting on a second chance after her suspension for a failed drug test. "There perhaps has not been a female American sprinter to capture the imagination like Sha'Carri Richardson since Florence Griffith Joyner in the 1980s," he said.
In an article about the film In the Heights, NBC News cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the percentage of Latino characters with speaking roles in popular movies.
The Hill quoted Christina Bellantoni about the controversy surrounding a Rhode Island senator's membership in an exclusive beach club.
Scientific American featured research by doctoral student Ho-Chun Herbert Chang on how mathematicians defined as "elite" are usually American or European. "This is urging elite institutions to think carefully about how they can help elevate underrepresented mathematicians," he said.
The New York Times quoted Carmen Lee in an article about a new report from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of diversity in the music industry.
The Los Angeles Times quoted Roberto Suro on President Biden's shift on comprehensive immigration reform. “Comprehensive immigration reform was already dead," Suro said. "It was dead for years. Now it’s really dead.”
The Los Angeles Times cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the low percentage of speaking roles in top movies that went to Latinos.
NPR featured research by Stacy Smith and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the low percentage of speaking roles for Muslim characters in recent popular films.