tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post6137202842831504120..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: 13293: Putting The BS In CBS.HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-61260229064045645912016-08-13T10:51:19.559-05:002016-08-13T10:51:19.559-05:00So CBS "admitted his network must do better w...So CBS "admitted his network must do better with diversity" in the exact same way that ad agencies (and especially holding companies) say they are "committed to diversity" without ever doing a single damn trackable, tangible thing (sorry, inner city teenager scholarships, planting trees in minority neighborhoods and hiring VPs of diversity aren't the same as actually hiring any minorities). JianQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-67596303337674421532016-08-11T21:29:11.055-05:002016-08-11T21:29:11.055-05:00Ever wonder how casting decisions are made in the ...Ever wonder how casting decisions are made in the media industry? <br /><br />Answer: <br /><br />Quietly, behind the scenes, with a gentleman's agreement. <br /><br />The people creating the project (in our industry, the ad agency) have a quiet behind-the-scenes conversation with the casting company (asking for white talent, for instance) and then the casting company rigs the casting to get the right mix to make them happy and only present the (white, for instance) talent they asked for.<br /><br />Unless they accidentally leave the word-for-word request from the ad agency in the casting call. H Two Marketing forgot to ask their casting company NOT to relay their conversation about wanting all-white-talent-only to the entire press and community.<br /><br />The casting company lays bare what happened here, step by step: <br /><br />http://disq.us/t/2bjeqa8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com