SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Veteran black activist Al Sharpton contended Wednesday that the news media are dismissive of his presidential campaign because newsrooms are overwhelmingly white. “I think when you look at the lack of diversity in the newsrooms, when you look at the lack of diversity from the editors and those in power, then you see them as automatically dismissive of anything that is not like them, which is white males,” said Sharpton. “I think we’ve seen some very blatant racial insensitivity in the coverage of this race so far,” said Sharpton, in an interview with The Associated Press. “That kind of racial insensitivity has permeated this race,” he said. “I think we’ve seen some very blatant racial insensitivity in the coverage of this race so far.”
–Yeah. And no one takes Lyndon Larouche or Arnold Schwarznegger seriously, because they’re black, too . . .