iHeartMedia Never Implemented a Minority-Only Hiring Policy

In mid-June, a range of sources began claiming that one of the largest media companies in the U.S., iHeartMedia, had announced that they were only hiring diverse employees. One post claimed that they had implemented a minority only hiring policy

Later, further updates appeared. claiming that the organization had rushed to change this policy after iHeartMedia had received condemnation online for violating the Civil Rights Act.

On social media, posts highlighting the initial claim managed to gain thousands of interactions. Posts claiming that iHeartMedia had rushed to backpedal the policy also gained over 1,000 interactions.