The mass media reproduce racism partly because newsrooms themselves lack minority journalists

Evidence

Whereas these and many other aspects of news reporting about race clearly express and reproduce dominant ethnic attitudes and ideologies, and hence crucially influence racism, it should finally be emphasized that problematization and marginalization do not only apply to minorities in the news, but also in the newsroom. Especially in Western Europe, leading reporters are virtually always white Europeans. No wonder that these will follow a beat, search for sources, and believe opinions that are consistent with their own and other members of their group, and much less those of minority groups. So far, thus, minority journalists have had less access to the media, especially in leading positions. As we have seen, the elites, especially in Europe, are virtually always white, and they also control the contents, forms, style, and goals of news and newsmaking. And it comes as no surprise therefore that the mass media, and especially the right-wing tabloid press, is rather part of the problem of racism than part of its solution. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1102

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: News headlines systematically frame minority agency negatively while favoring the ingroup — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1090