In The Guardian:
Use of ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’ in the New York Times increased over 400% since 2012. Why?
We analyzed 27m news articles published between 1970 and 2019. Our study reveals a substantial shift has occurred, and it may have important implications.
by David Rozado, Musa al-Gharbi and Jamin Halberstadt
Contemporary US media workers tend to hail from a very particular segment of the population. They tend to be urban dwelling and politically liberal. They tend to come from relatively wealthy backgrounds. They tend to be highly educated, and those who work at flagship outlets tend to hail from prestigious schools and programs. Reporters skew disproportionately white and male relative to the communities they are embedded in. Summarizing the primary producers and consumers of journalism in the US today, the media scholar Nikki Usher aptly described the current state of affairs as News for the Rich, White and Blue.