This post comes to you from the “Heal Thyself” department.

This morning, Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” opened the show with a segment on how the press should cover the growing ranks of Democratic presidential wannabes.  He began the discussion by asking, “Are we giving this the attention it deserves considering the number of firsts in the field?”  He referenced the unprecedented number of women, people of color with African, Latino and mixed backgrounds and the entry of a member of the LGBT community.

To cover the topic, Stelter introduced three panelists:  David Zurawik, media critic for the Baltimore Sun, Juana Summers, a political analyst with CNN and NPR, and Ruby Cramer, political reporter for BuzzFeed.  One is an older white male, one is an African-American woman, the other is a white woman.  Anyone want to guess who Stelter called on first to give an opinion on the historic nature of the most diverse field of presidential candidates in the nation’s annuls?

You guessed it.  Zurawik.  If you want to understand the significance of the presidency being open to citizens other than old, white men just ask the old, white guy.

The more things change the more they seem to stay the same.

For what it’s worth.
Dr. ESP