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ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 02:42 PM Oct 2013

REPORT: Once Again, Sunday Morning Talk Shows Are White, Male, And Conservative

REPORT: Once Again, Sunday Morning Talk Shows Are White, Male, And Conservative
In the first nine months of 2013, white men dominated the guest lists on the broadcast network Sunday shows and CNN's State of the Union. MSNBC was the only network achieving notable diversity in its guests, particularly on Melissa Harris-Perry's show. Republicans and conservatives are hosted significantly more on the broadcast Sunday shows than Democrats and progressives.

Media Matters has continued its monitoring of the Sunday morning talk shows on broadcast and cable networks. Following up on our previous studies, we've added data for July, August, and September to the existing data collected for the first six months of this year on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CBS' Face the Nation, Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, NBC's Meet the Press, CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, and MSNBC's Up with Steve Kornacki and Melissa Harris-Perry. Unless otherwise specified all charts and analysis below are based on the full nine months of data.
many more graphs>http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/10/11/report-once-again-sunday-morning-talk-shows-are/196404

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REPORT: Once Again, Sunday Morning Talk Shows Are White, Male, And Conservative (Original Post) ErikJ Oct 2013 OP
In other news: Water is wet... dchill Oct 2013 #1
And the ratings go down, down, down CanonRay Oct 2013 #2
study the sponsors reddread Oct 2013 #3
Paid propaganda then CanonRay Oct 2013 #5
same SOP on NPR, PBS and other outfits, but especially right there on sunday mornings- reddread Oct 2013 #6
and they usually have John McCain and sidekick Lindsey Graham on! B Calm Oct 2013 #4
The Graphic Re Panel Balance Shows Heavy Rightward Tilt... TomCADem Oct 2013 #7
 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
3. study the sponsors
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 02:54 PM
Oct 2013

its about control, not ratings.
You wont be running to the market for missile systems after.

CanonRay

(14,121 posts)
5. Paid propaganda then
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 05:12 PM
Oct 2013

Well, that makes sense in this day and age. If you want to control public opinion, buy it.

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
6. same SOP on NPR, PBS and other outfits, but especially right there on sunday mornings-
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 05:41 PM
Oct 2013

thats how they eliminate the "wrong" questions from being asked or brought up.
and all that at the exact moment when these programs are performing their
"public interest" obligations.

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