Jelani Cobb

So one of the parts of inclusion would be like, if we say that we don't have enough African-American or enough Latino engineers, well, we're going to create a pipeline program in high schools that... have significant numbers of Hispanic or African-American students and say, would you like to be an engineer? Well, this is a voluntary thing and it's giving people access to something.

So one of the parts of inclusion would be like, if we say that we don't have enough African-American or enough Latino engineers, well, we're going to create a pipeline program in high schools that... have significant numbers of Hispanic or African-American students and say, would you like to be an engineer? Well, this is a voluntary thing and it's giving people access to something.

It's not giving them any consideration they didn't already have. That would fall very much on the DEI, but it wouldn't fall necessarily under affirmative action. Is that permissible? people don't know. And what may be legally permissible may or may not be politically permissible or culturally permissible in this particular moment.

It's not giving them any consideration they didn't already have. That would fall very much on the DEI, but it wouldn't fall necessarily under affirmative action. Is that permissible? people don't know. And what may be legally permissible may or may not be politically permissible or culturally permissible in this particular moment.

It's not giving them any consideration they didn't already have. That would fall very much on the DEI, but it wouldn't fall necessarily under affirmative action. Is that permissible? people don't know. And what may be legally permissible may or may not be politically permissible or culturally permissible in this particular moment.

And so we're really waiting in an almost case-by-case basis to see how all of this shakes out. And no one has marching orders just yet.

And so we're really waiting in an almost case-by-case basis to see how all of this shakes out. And no one has marching orders just yet.

And so we're really waiting in an almost case-by-case basis to see how all of this shakes out. And no one has marching orders just yet.

Certainly for mainstream press, It has been notable, the extent to which the reconciliation has happened, or what has been perceived as a reconciliation with Donald Trump and Trumpism. You know, of course, during the campaign, we saw the LA Times and Washington Post both spike editorials that would have endorsed Kamala Harris. Subsequently,

Certainly for mainstream press, It has been notable, the extent to which the reconciliation has happened, or what has been perceived as a reconciliation with Donald Trump and Trumpism. You know, of course, during the campaign, we saw the LA Times and Washington Post both spike editorials that would have endorsed Kamala Harris. Subsequently,

Certainly for mainstream press, It has been notable, the extent to which the reconciliation has happened, or what has been perceived as a reconciliation with Donald Trump and Trumpism. You know, of course, during the campaign, we saw the LA Times and Washington Post both spike editorials that would have endorsed Kamala Harris. Subsequently,

We saw ABC News settle a lawsuit with Trump for $15 million that, you know, many people felt that they had a good chance of winning. And we now have seen reports that Paramount may be in talks with the Trump people about settling a lawsuit over the 60 Minutes case, which Donald Trump felt was defamatory toward him.

We saw ABC News settle a lawsuit with Trump for $15 million that, you know, many people felt that they had a good chance of winning. And we now have seen reports that Paramount may be in talks with the Trump people about settling a lawsuit over the 60 Minutes case, which Donald Trump felt was defamatory toward him.

We saw ABC News settle a lawsuit with Trump for $15 million that, you know, many people felt that they had a good chance of winning. And we now have seen reports that Paramount may be in talks with the Trump people about settling a lawsuit over the 60 Minutes case, which Donald Trump felt was defamatory toward him.

Critics on the left of American media have been pointing out the potential for this kind of conflict of interest forever. Even when we think about the old advertisement-supported model of newspapers, which has gone by the wayside, It was at best an imperfect solution that we had what we call the separation of church and state, the separation from the revenue side and the editorial side.

Critics on the left of American media have been pointing out the potential for this kind of conflict of interest forever. Even when we think about the old advertisement-supported model of newspapers, which has gone by the wayside, It was at best an imperfect solution that we had what we call the separation of church and state, the separation from the revenue side and the editorial side.

Critics on the left of American media have been pointing out the potential for this kind of conflict of interest forever. Even when we think about the old advertisement-supported model of newspapers, which has gone by the wayside, It was at best an imperfect solution that we had what we call the separation of church and state, the separation from the revenue side and the editorial side.

That was never a great situation. And I think that we're seeing this play out on a much bigger scale. This isn't a new problem anymore.

That was never a great situation. And I think that we're seeing this play out on a much bigger scale. This isn't a new problem anymore.

That was never a great situation. And I think that we're seeing this play out on a much bigger scale. This isn't a new problem anymore.