The Gray Lady Doesn't Watch Survivor

So, you've heard all the hoopla about the latest version of Survivor, which will divide the teams along racial lines.

So The Times ran an article about it too, using that same picture everyone else did--of the Fall 2006 contestants broken in up to four groups: Hispanics on the top left, Blacks on the top right; Whites on the bottom left; and Asians on the bottom right.



But the caption they used was:


The fall cast would be more diverse than only 25% Caucasian on a CBS show? Quick: name all the minority characters on CBS' primetime lineup (Deacon, Warrick, the new Hispanic chick on Without a Trace). Could it be more obvious that this was a picture of the new cast, accompanying an article about the new cast?

Now, I know it's not Bill Carter's fault. Editors write captions. But shouldn't editors read articles? Or at least headlines?

And on a side note: Is Mark Burnett crazy? Here is a sampling of his quotes in the article:
"In New York you will find areas like Little Afghanistan."
"Maybe in the year 3010, when we're all coffee-colored, it really will make no difference. But right now, it is what it is."
"[Contestants] are not going to care if you'’re green or Martian."

Either way, I still won't be watching...