Evening cable news guests are mostly white males
Evening cable news guests are mostly white males, said a release Tuesday from the National Hispanic Media Coalition, which cites a recent study by Media Matters on diversity at MSNBC, Fox and CNN (http://bit.ly/17pN3ET). According to NHMC, the report found…
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that women accounted for 33 percent of MSNBC guests, 29 percent of Fox News guests and 24 percent of CNN guests, while Latinos represented only 3 percent of Fox News guests and 2 percent of CNN and MSNBC guests. “At a time when Latinos are over 16 percent of the country, a growing bloc of the electorate, and with over $1 trillion per year of buying power, it is unimaginable that we be excluded from cable news at such rates,” said NHMC President Alex Nogales in the release. Nogales also urged broadcasters to diversify their news programs, and offered to assist them in finding Latino guests for any subject matter. NHMC also said a recent poll by the group showed that positive images of Latinos in media positively impacts non-Latinos’ attitudes towards Latinos. “Being absent on newscasts contributes to negative opinions regarding our community,” said NHMC.