From "On the media":
Q: There's a quote in your piece from the editor of Cosmopolitan, Kate White, and she says that the absence of non-white women on the cover of Cosmo reflects the celebrities that Hollywood produces, not the magazine's editorial preferences. Are you buying that?

DAVID CARR: No, I'm not buying it, because Cosmopolitan almost half the time uses models -- not famous people - and when they do put a model on the cover, they don't generally choose someone who is not white with very large hair and a real big smile. And magazines are not a hugely risky business. They don't take a lot of chances. Cosmo's version of taking a big risk is choosing a brunette instead of a blonde Read on