Media's Quest for Diversity Fades

St. Petersburg Times editorials editor Eric Deggans is bemoaning the decline in mainstream media's efforts to increase newsroom diversity. He argues that this is an important issue because of its impact on what stories are considered newsworthy:

. . .  forgive me for wondering if we wouldn't have a better diversity of news subjects if we had more diversity in those who define what exactly is the "news of the day."

Of course, Deggans is referring to diversity in terms of skin color or the presence of XX chromosomes. I wonder if he would endorse a similar effort to encourage diversity based upon the ideological perspectives of the people writing the news?

(A few minutes Googling provided an answer: he wouldn't. For evidence of this, consider how Deggans reacted to William McGowan's book Coloring the News. It is a little depressing that I was not surprised to find Deggans employing a double standard when it comes to "diversity." Unfortunately, this tends to be typical, even (or perhaps especially) among journalists who are actively committed to race or sex-based preferences.)