March 21, 2008

Double Myopia

Double Myopia

The Globe editorial editor demonstrates the myopia of journalists regarding discrimination. (Renée Loth, "No country for old men?" Boston Globe, March 8, 2008) Why do "distinguished media types" see people collectively? Renee Loth says, "McCain is an individual, not a statistic." Are ordinary citizens statistics?
Loth admits "age discrimination [. . .] wasn't obvious even to [a] political junkie like me.
[. . .] Indeed, ageism may be society's last acceptable prejudice." Oh? Did Loth ever hear of persons with disabilities, about whom "it [also] isn't considered impolite to admit" negativity.
When asked at Dartmouth what defines "outlook," Loth says, "Most of us answered race, others said gender, or maybe class." No one said disability? Hmmm!
Why does only McCain need "to choose his running mate with care?" Is this a tell?
Most revealing is when Loth says, "The panel at BU was nicely balanced: three white men, three women, and two African-Americans." Oh? What happened to sexual preference? Disability is not mentioned once in this essay about discrimination. Is that why Martin Baron denies that the Globe discriminates against persons with disabilities? They are out of sight, out of mind and out of the Globe?

Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM

No country for old men?
By Renée Loth
Boston Globe
March 8, 2008
She was with Obama, 100 percent.
Renée Loth is editorial page editor of the Globe.

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