A LIAISON group to monitor reporting of race-related issues has been SCE between members of the National Union of Journalists on three North London and anti-racists.
At a meeting two weeks ago WEEN journalists Camden Journal, Hornsey Journal and Islington Gazette, members of the League and Islington paign Against Fascism (ICARF] argued that there should be more coverage of the protems facing black people.
They also pointed out that there was a great weakness in limiting reporting to exposures of the fascist nature of the NF without confronting the issues which lead people local racist attitudés in place.
The difficulty of overcoming the control DYCE content of articles was pointed out, but the journalists are to Nazi re-open discussions management on race-reportand in And they are confident of winning concessions - through strike action if necessary, they say.
attitudes in the media.
So it's no surprise that the CARM well-researched and generally irrefutable indictment adopt network of racist attitudes as first they media.
CARM is missing the point? the Consider the attitudes that you'll hear if you talk to TV and reporters, and editors.
In the past few years 1 have attended a number of talks seminars, and personal meetings on the subject of race and the media. And the one thing that sticks out in my memory is should be handled.
Door of a Gloo Joe, expressed in Theatre — Why do I think that Time Out's reviewer.
executives, black face to be time of my last magazine's office.
face to be seen in made the subject of race and how it without Yet none of this prevents the STOm approval of a racist play the Serierin blazoned in all the adverts across the nation. 'Man did it satisfy ma soul', wrote And of course there isn't a seen [at the censored for visit] in the I'm willing to bet that there isn't a black Many of the organs where CARM supporters work and that would cover left and liberal actually changing anything. And they have been doing so for years.
As a result, watching Open Door, while I agreed with what was being said and admired the professionalism with which the points got over, at the end I had to ask myself what they thought they were doing.
could racist content, what result will be obtained? Will it make it easier for blacks res get jobs, houses, I doubt it. But then, I doubt that CARM is about that. And here again we start from very - a social last person was a hieral or last person was a liberal kind participants tron Lambeth spoke about what happened began to get black colleagues in the office.
"It was puzzling because we were all anti-racists, but having blacks in the office imported a kind of racial strain that we saw every day outside At the moment what's wrong is that blacks are the object. The only way to change that CUuaLO! -Is to eno discrimi nation and it's time that CARM moves that consideration to the top of its list of priorities.
Socialist Challenge 8 March 1979 page 15