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Home Front: Culture Wars
The Newsroom Diversity Game
2007-10-22
Post your score in comments, if you dare. I got a 28.
Posted by:Seafarious

#21  They are racists because they still want a pool of serfs, slaves and dependents.

Someone needs to mow their lawn and clean their house.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-10-22 18:51  

#20  That do you mean "become", OS?
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-10-22 12:37  

#19  You have to realize for them the ethnicity is all that matters. Not talent, not honesty, not ethics. If your skin color is wrong then you cannot report on a given ethnic group.

Its racism over merit. Liberals have become racists, judging peopel by the color of their skin, not the content of their character.
Posted by: OldSpook   2007-10-22 12:20  

#18  I went level 3 and just now bought out Murdoch. I now own Fox, the New York Post and the WSJ. I am looking for serveral white, anglo-saxon, christian, ex-military reporters and editors. No females, hispanics, African-Americans or gays need apply. Salary is top-notch and you get 3 weeks paid vacation in the Idaho panhandle.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-10-22 12:09  

#17  18% at level one. But I skewed the results by choosing what I thought a real newspaper would likely do. I guess a real newspaper wouldn't find me a good fit.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-10-22 11:35  

#16  it's a "game" meant to "educate" the people playing it by making them choose the "good" responses.

You are right. It would be more fun if they re-titled it the newsroom divestiture game :-)
Posted by: Unutle McGurque8861   2007-10-22 10:41  

#15  19%
Boy, I'm a fascist.

If this is how real newsrooms operate, no wonder most local papers suck.

On. The. Nose.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-10-22 09:38  

#14  24.5% on Level 3. I think it was my refusal to apologize for the illegal immigrant story that "kept me from bringing my newsroom into parity with my community".

If this is how real newsrooms operate, no wonder most local papers suck.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2007-10-22 09:34  

#13  25% and I got to sexually harrass two interns, woo hoo!
Posted by: Frank G   2007-10-22 07:48  

#12  I feel so unmulticultural, undiverse, guilty, white, politically incorrect, and...Nah! I'm not responsible for all that crap. Time for another cup of coffee and time to move on.

Build the damn fence faster.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-10-22 07:45  

#11  I'd rather beat myself with a chain than pretend I'm struggling to hire minorities.
It's a newspaper, for Pete's sake, you're not gonna see who wrote what. And, if and when you write only the truth, it would be considered ultra-conservative.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-10-22 07:30  

#10  29 percent... Level Three
Posted by: badanov   2007-10-22 05:12  

#9  Agreed, I got three +1, so my actual result would be even lower; anyway, it's not a survey, it's a "game" meant to "educate" the people playing it by making them choose the "good" responses.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-10-22 04:57  

#8  any survey that uses wild cards to alter your score is not serious.
Posted by: Unutle McGurque8861   2007-10-22 04:23  

#7  14%, level 2, but I was not really trying.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-10-22 03:55  

#6  You guys ae sooooo... manipulatable!

I guess that living for 30 years under commieism made my skin thicker. Let alone that the only determination criterium I would be aplying is a merit. If I were a HR officer an ended up with 99% Amerindians in my workforce, I would care not a iota as long as I get the best people for the job(s).
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-10-22 03:47  

#5  BTW, I think the game should have offered bonus points for writing posts on media-industry blogs about how much the truly enlightened journalist despises KKKonservatives.
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2007-10-22 03:31  

#4  27%. I feel so...so evil...so racked with guilt over my white-skin privilege...so unprogressive!
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2007-10-22 03:29  

#3  25%. Not bad for a newby! ;-)
Posted by: gorb   2007-10-22 03:04  

#2  8%.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-10-22 00:57  

#1  Wouldn't NESFA's game of sf convention bidding, If I Ran the Zoo Con be more fun?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2007-10-22 00:38  

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