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- "Scandal" actress Kerry Washington and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were among Twitter users who criticized CBS for seemingly not including any Black journalists on its newly announced 2020 Election team.
- Washington and Ocasio-Cortez reacted to a tweet from CBS' Ben Mitchell that had headshots of the 12 producers and reporters assigned to cover the 2020 Presidential Election.
- The tweet provoked hundreds of replies, including several members of the media who questioned how the team's seeming lack of Black journalists would compromise coverage for African-American voters.
"Scandal" actress Kerry Washington and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were among Twitter users who criticized CBS for announcing their new 2020 election team without seemingly including any Black journalists.
Quoting the same tweet from CBS Associate Producer Ben Mitchell, Ocasio-Cortez and Washington tweeted a day apart, both taking issue that none of the 12 reporters or producers appeared to be Black.
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