CNN's new dudely debate show
The Women's Media Center points out the names being thrown around for regulars on CNN's new Crossfire-like show are pretty...male:
So far, the names mentioned in consideration for the show include Roland Martin, Errol Louis, Cenk Uygur and Steve A. Smith on the left and Roe Conn, Joe Watkins, Steve Malzberg and Joe Pagliarulo on the right. Hopefully the names of the women candidates being considered for these slots will be released soon. As we often note at the WMC, despite being 51% of the population, women hold only 3% of clout positions in media. And as the the recent success of Rachel Maddow has shown, news consumers are hungry for a break from all-male news shows.
No joke. Who would you want to see on this new show? (My top picks would be Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Rinku Sen.)
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My choice would be to incinerate CNN headquarters from an orbiting space laser after giving fair warning to all of the occupants. Crossfire was definitely a watershed in the pre-internet dumbening-down of the political culture to a shouting match between two (or four) nitwits who were supposed to represent a tiny sliver of the actual political spectrum.
Yes, it's much better to leave reading off of the teleprompter to pretty, ethnically ambiguous women and leave the "decidin'" and "arguin'" to the men.
The above was facetious, just in case it is not obvious enough.
Yes, it's much better to leave reading off of the teleprompter to pretty, ethnically ambiguous women and leave the "decidin'" and "arguin'" to the men.
The above was facetious, just in case it is not obvious enough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE
When there are girls around we have to suck in our guts and try not to look/sound/be stupid. It's stressful.