Diversifying Punditland

One consequence of Obama's emergence, according to this reader:

There has been a noticeable increase in black commentators on the televisions talk shows. It appears the producers are not comfortable having discussions about Barak Obama without a black person in the room.  Is it too cynical to propose the irony that many are employed as critics and probably will lose their jobs if Obama isn’t elected President?  However, if elected, it would probably lead to the greatest diversification in news media history.

On a side note, one is reminded of the scene in “The Verdict” where the associate to James Mason’s trial lawyer character points out that Paul Newman’s expert witness is black and the Mason cuts him off to say,

“I'm going to tell you how you handle the fact that he's black.  You don't touch it.  You don't mention it.  You treat him like anybody else.  Neither better or worse. And you get a black lawyer to sit at our table.  Okay...?”