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Alan Grossberg wrote (in regards to the Dateline septuplet story):
> Of course the story isn't about race...at least ostensibly. But do you
> really believe the media would make such a fuss if the family was black?
> I doubt it, even if they had _ten_ babies. And they sure as hell
> wouldn't get a lifetime supply of diapers, free house, etc.

I suppose there's some truth to what you're saying, but I would add 
that the Dateline story devoted a significant fraction of air time 
to the doctors, both of whom are black women, who cared for 
Mrs. McCaughey during her pregnancy and who delivered her babies.

This seems to me to be a far cry better than having Bill Cosby play
the fiction obstetrician Dr. Huxtable on the old Cosby Show.

Role models count in our media-driven society.

The most significant aspect of the Dateline story was, in my opinion,
the emphasis that it placed on how the community and church of the
McCaughey's have supported and continue to support this family.
I give two thumbs-up to "the Media" for the Dateline program.

				Robert Winters