Two TV Networks Plummet To Their Worst Grades In 8 Years In Annual Report Cards

Even During the Anti-Asian Hate Pandemic, None Have Agreed To Continue Meetings LOS ANGELES-Between 2001 and 2012 and 2017 and 2020, the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC)–which has met with the Presidents and Vice Presidents of ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox since 1999/2000–has issued grades on various categories to assess the networks’ progress in including Asian/Pacific

Jay Leno Apologizes to Asian American Community For Koreans/Chinese Eating Dogs/Cats Jokes

LOS ANGELES— Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), the only organization solely dedicated to advocating balanced, sensitive, and positive depiction and coverage of Asian Americans, has resolved its decades-long grievances against former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno. Between 2002 and 2012, Leno made at least nine documented jokes about Koreans or Chinese eating dogs

MANAA Condemns Sony Pictures And Cameron Crowe For Continuing To Erase Asian/Pacific Islanders In “Aloha” Film

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MANAA Condemns Sony Pictures And Cameron Crowe For Continuing To Erase Asian/Pacific Islanders In “Aloha” Film LOS ANGELES–  Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), the only organization solely dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive and positive depiction and coverage of Asian Americans, is calling out Sony Pictures

MANAA Asks CBS to Renew “Stalker” Co-starring Maggie Q and “Elementary” Co-starring Lucy Liu

 April 17, 2015 Ms. Nina Tassler Chairman, CBS Entertainment 4024 Radford Avenue Studio City, CA 91604 Dear Nina, I hope this letter finds you well. Over the years, under your leadership, CBS has made great strides in including Asian Americans as regulars of its drama, comedy, and reality series. The two CBS shows which feature

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MANAA is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive, and positive coverage and portrayals of Asian Americans. Formed in 1992, it has pushed the television and motion picture industries to include more Asian Americans in their projects and educated Hollywood about the stereotypes that have often plagued the APA