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"Why bring in blacks, Asians, gays, the disabled and, as (Lionel) Shriver describes them, ‘the crap educated’? We heard the same whinges when black actors got major parts to play in films and plays. Black Panther’s success showed what was possible," writes Yasmine Alibhai Brown. 
Many media outlets reporting a story on ABC cancelling Roseanne Barr’s show, repeated and quoted her racist tweet. MDI asked experts if those media should have avoided repeating Roseanne Barr’s racism. They agreed that the answer to this question on the ethics in journalism is in the context. 
MDI Executive Director MIlica Pesic was a guest on BBC Weekend radio programme dicussing recent developments in the Korean Peninsula, the current political situation in Armenia and the ‘bromance’ between Trump and Macron on his recent visit to the Unites States. 
Although stories about poverty concern people who are potential audience, media organisations do not give enough attention to poverty and inequality, nor do they report sensitively about disadvantaged communities. Stereotypes, assumption and misinformation often dominate in articles on benefit frauds, or human-interest stories. 
After spending two months with members of the Salafi movement in Bosnia, Dr Puhalo published a detailed study “Salafis in Bosnia and Hercegovina” dedicating one part to the media portrayal of Salafis in Bosnia. 
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Watch the video that pays tribute to MDI's work and its 15 years of promoting diversity in the media. The short film made by the independent film maker Rani Khanna, features MDI trainers, trainees, students and staff who contributed to the promotion of a more inclusive media with projects all around the globe. 
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