SELECTIVE LIBERALISM?

Let’s not prematurely bestow sainthood on Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (“The Prime Time of Linda Bloodworth-Thomason,” by Margy Rochlin, Sept. 27). In this town of more than 3 million Latinos, she has shown little or no inclination to dole out TV parts to Latino actors, writers, producers or directors.

Her liberalism seems to embrace safe issues: abortion rights, women’s rights, backing a safe presidential candidate. She has given a part to an African-American on “Designing Women,” but then blacks have been much more visible on TV than Latinos.

Her support of Bill Clinton is sort of scary, because his victory would elevate Bloodworth-Thomason’s status as cultural media queen but leave her in total ignorance of how little TV has done for the Latino population.

EUGENE HERNANDEZ

Palmdale For the Record: The Bloodworth-Thomason article indicated that she had written the first 35 episodes of “Designing Women.” Actually, she wrote 35 consecutive episodes over the first two seasons.