Mainstream news networks ignore story on Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse's membership in 'all-White' beach club
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ABC, CBS and NBC ignored the renewed focus on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's, D-R.I., membership in a reportedly all-White beach club, choosing not to dedicate any airtime to the reports in their Monday evening or Tuesday morning broadcasts.
In a video posted Saturday by GoLocalProv, an unnamed interviewer asked Whitehouse about his membership in the club, as well as its alleged lack of diversity in membership. He told the interviewer that he thought the people running the club were still working on the diversity issue and that he was "sorry it hasn't happened yet." He went on to say that the club was a "long tradition" in his home state of Rhode Island, there were many more like it, and that the issue needed to be worked through. Despite Whitehouse remaining a member of the club after reportedly promising to quit in 2006, the networks still chose not to cover what some have described as hypocrisy from one of the most progressive Democrats in the Senate.More Related News