Two hundred writers and academics wrote an open letter Thursday to “60 Minutes” executive producer Jeff Fager for reporting on Africa by CBS’s weekly newsmagazine they deem misrepresentative and damaging to the continent. Authored by Columbia University journalism school professor Howard French, the letter opens by saying several recent segments served to “render people of black African ancestry voiceless and all but invisible.” The “60 Minutes” reports that signees are critical of featured white people whose lives’ work involve saving African wildlife. Also Read: CBS News’ Lara Logan Back in Hospital “People of black African descent make no substantial appearance in either of these reports,...
- 3/27/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
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