That was good for some laughs, but obviously the author has a hard time distinguishing magazine articles from real life.

In a similar way, I saw an article in the paper about a band of black musicians who play American traditional music. The reporter was just blown away. How could this happen? The reporter had never seen a black fiddler on TV or the movies, therefore assumed that black people have never had 'permission' to play jigs, reels, etc.

Some research would show that black musicians played for dances along with white musicians - but why bother with research?