14 May 2007

Lack of diversity on Sunday news shows?

It seems that somebody counted up and found that 77% of the guests on the Sunday news shows were men and that 82% were white. Hmmmm.

That 77% should be troubling. You would think that 50% of the guests would be women. But we know that women are underrepresented in politics. We're supposed to concerned about the 82%, too, but that fits right in with the general population. In fact, that prompts me to note that 10% of the members of the House are black which seems to be pretty close to the 12.3% that the 2000 census showed for all Americans. Of course, blacks are grossly underrepresented in the Senate (1%) and in the governors' mansions (2%).

I'm just saying.

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