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CBS Ramps Up Off-Screen Diversity Plans; Commits 25% Of Script Development Budget To BIPOC Creators & Sets 40% Representation Target In Writers’ Rooms
Deadline ^ | July 13, 2020 | Peter White

Posted on 07/14/2020 8:57:50 AM PDT by EdnaMode

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Someone at CBS is literally going to count the number of writers by skin color. How progressive!
1 posted on 07/14/2020 8:57:50 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

If I ever watched CBS this might be of interest to me.But I don’t...so it isn’t.


2 posted on 07/14/2020 8:59:53 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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They’re doing this not out of altruism but out of desperation. Television viewership continues to decline and they’re trying to reach segments of a dwindling audience.


3 posted on 07/14/2020 9:03:18 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: EdnaMode

Whatever - I must say, if there is even one white person working at CBS, then the entire corporation is racist.


4 posted on 07/14/2020 9:03:36 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: EdnaMode

To be perfectly honest, I cannot remember the last time that CBS has been tuned in to in our home. Seriously, I could not say. It has been that long ago.


5 posted on 07/14/2020 9:04:14 AM PDT by Howie66 ("Ghislane Maxwell Didn't Kill Herself")
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To: EdnaMode

All of this violates federal civil rights law.

When will we see the FBI and DoJ land on them like they did virtually every other American company starting in the early 1970s?

Somewhere south of “never”


6 posted on 07/14/2020 9:04:34 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: EdnaMode

They need balance, every story now is about Blacks (or Covid ending the world). Since when are Blacks 100% of the population?


7 posted on 07/14/2020 9:04:39 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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Would it still count if all the POC in the writers room were Hispanic and Asian???? Maybe 1 or 2 Native Americans.....Would blacks accept that version of diversity?????


8 posted on 07/14/2020 9:05:17 AM PDT by Hambone 1934
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I have only known of 3 “white” individuals in my entire life:

1. Staypuft Marshmallow Man

2. Pilsbury Dough Boy

3. Michelin Man

Since I am indigenous to the USA, and have “peach” skin, do I count as BIPOC?
9 posted on 07/14/2020 9:05:27 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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White people need not apply. Change your name to sound black or Hispanic before submitting a resume. Learn Ebonics. Learn Spanish. Get a tan. If all else fails, try blackface.


10 posted on 07/14/2020 9:07:59 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: Regulator

Revoke their television licenses.

Just do it.


11 posted on 07/14/2020 9:08:45 AM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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To: EdnaMode

As always, the market will destroy these morons.

You can mandate the people and elements of TV production but YOU CAN’T FORCE PEOPLE TO TUNE IN. Viewers will avoid these affirmative action shows like the plague. All of this will hasten the complete failure of Hollywood to remain a creative force.

Mediocrity is a death sentence in the creative field.

Remember, new TV shows and films are judged against the greatest ever made which most have already watched.


12 posted on 07/14/2020 9:12:33 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: EdnaMode

I watch two programs on that network...SEAL Team and Evil. That’s it.


13 posted on 07/14/2020 9:14:01 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: EdnaMode

what the heck is BIPOC?


14 posted on 07/14/2020 9:14:29 AM PDT by Mr. K (NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF)
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To: Gay State Conservative; All

If I ever watched CBS, I would never watch again.


15 posted on 07/14/2020 9:17:48 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: EdnaMode

The problem is they will only hire woke individuals and all their stories will center around the theme of wokeness which will get old very quickly.


16 posted on 07/14/2020 9:18:48 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: Mr. K

I don’t know. Bisexual Indigenous Person Of Color maybe.


17 posted on 07/14/2020 9:18:54 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: EdnaMode

Blacklist 2020 version.

In twenty years we will be hearing stories on how white writer could not find work and so had to have a “POC” being their front man, having them present his work as theirs.


18 posted on 07/14/2020 9:18:56 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Why would anyone want to work for an organization like this?


19 posted on 07/14/2020 9:19:25 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Why would anyone want to work for an organization like this?


20 posted on 07/14/2020 9:19:49 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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