declined a meeting pointing to a disputes with the associations of vice president when we spoke to a member of the national association of black journalists about why the whole issue has become so problematic. we have been monitoring c.n.n. for several years along with the other broadcast and cable networks here and we've noticed that there were no people of color no african-americans in the top decision rank making positions this is where the decisions are made not only about coverage but who will cover it how it will be covered what resources they are able to use to do that quite often this is the decision level where a lot of stories are either elevated or just pushed to the side and quite often we haven't learned through experience that stories about people of color or concerns of the african-american community in the united states don't often get the attention that they deserve this is a major concern to african-american journalists and should be to them since they serve the entire community in the united states not just one particular group. ok it's about a favorite story of the day now a six year old boy from southern russia has be

executive producers vice presidents other senior positions well that's led to the national association of black journalists which first raised the issue and they're blasting c.n.n. really for failing to meet its delegation to the scuffs the diversity gap members of the group rep requested a sit down with this person jeff zucker that's the president of c.n.n. he's come back firing really the channel explaining why it declined the meeting pointing to a dispute with the president's associations vice president now we spoke to a member of the national association of black journalists about why this whole issue has become so problematic. we have been monitoring c.n.n. for several years along with the other broadcast and cable networks here and we've noticed that there were no people of color no african-americans in the top decision making positions this is where the decisions are made not only about coverage but who will cover it how it will be covered by what resources they are able to use to do that quite often this is the decision level where a lot of stories are either elevated or just pushed to the side and

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