COMPLICIT: Corporate Media's Capitulation to Trump's Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Julia Sorrenti of Neta Collab
Since the beginning of the Trump administration, most of the nation’s largest media companies have retreated from prior commitments to promote diversity, equity and inclusion principles in their workplaces, policies and reporting. Their backsliding is another form of capitulation to a White House that’s determined to whitewash U.S. history by erasing the accomplishments of the civil rights movement and marginalizing communities of color.
Free Press has documented the media’s retreat in COMPLICIT: Corporate Media’s Capitulation to Trump’s Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This comprehensive report sheds new light on the ongoing capitulation of major media, tech and telecom companies to the dictates of a bigoted and corrupt administration.
“Trump’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion executive orders form the foundation of his regime’s efforts to dismantle our democracy. Outside of Trump and his enablers, no one is safe from attack,” the report reads. “Failing to serve as an essential check against tyranny, corporate players are increasingly serving as megaphones for the MAGA movement, putting vulnerable communities at greater risk of attack — and betraying our democratic values.”
Download the COMPLICIT report below.