Mainstreaming

A newspaper should not have to disclose the source’s gender or race.  I think that they should be more focused on getting accurate information.  They should concern themselves with the research, effort, and time that is put into an article.  If we were reading a recipe, would we have to know the gender or race of the author of a particular dish?  It wouldn’t make a bit of difference no matter who it came from.  If we were going to begin asking for the race of who put together the headline for a particular newspaper, what good would that do us?  A man and a woman may have their own spin on words, but other than that, the story will be about the same.  The base idea does not change because of demographics.  I wonder if you knew the race of an author of a particular article, would that change your view of the article?  We are all the same, no matter what others may think.  Race and gender aside, we are human, and those that contribute to media got where they are for a reason.