To be clear: Bob Woodward, a white journalist, a celebrated hero of journalism, sat on information (in order to sell a book) that disproportionately cost more Black and brown people their lives. May that also be part of the breathless discussions over morals and ethics...

Maybe if those disproportionately dying of COVID looked like the author and/or publishers, someone might have sounded the alarm that this info should have been made public immediately. That lives literally depended on it.

In case anyone still wonders why diversity, equity and inclusion in journalism matters. Not just window-dressing or a fad or a new way to be woke. Turns out, it can actually be life and death.