Comments on: CNN Casting New Show – So Far, Only Men Need Apply

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:29:16 +0000

Maybe lunch with network executive’s and program director’s wives would be a nice idea.

By: Brittany A Caldwell

Brittany A Caldwell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:06:53 +0000

I would love to see more of this ,If theres more to be needed,Please feel free to contact me.

By: Roberta Guise

Roberta Guise — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:54:38 +0000

There’s likely more than one reason beyond gender bias as to why no women are in the new show lineup:

No woman was top-of-mind in the producers’ mental roster of candidates

Across the board women are lagging behind men in establishing themselves as leading thinkers or go-to authorities. (WMC has created the springboard for women to get booked as guests and contributors; I advise and guide women on how to transition from expert to thought leader.)

Producers either don’t care or it hasn’t occurred to them that gender parity will give them a much better show, and probably higher ratings

Sad but true, we’ve still got a lot of work to do to get more women shaping the face of the public conversation.

By: Swannie

Swannie — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:56:13 +0000

They have to find women who look like models .. first ..
of course you know the qualifications for women are umm more rigorous …its ok for the men to be jowly and fat … c’mon out of 34 CZARS .. 3 are women and one of them is strictly a figurehead she has no budget or staff.. So they are just following the current administration misogynist actions..

By: Tristin Aaron

Tristin Aaron — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:07:12 +0000

We are taking an “wait and see” approach. After all, just because the eight names leaked doesn’t mean that they aren’t considering any women. But the bias is there, it’s both structural and personal. When the Women’s Media Center was trying to make sure that women’s voices were heard in the official Presidential debates, despite the fact that there were no women moderating, we were told that maybe we could get a question in the domestic debate, but obviously not in the foreign policy/international one. The belief that women’s interests and field of knowledge is limited to family, appearance, and the like is deeply entrenched. Having a woman pundit on either the right or the left on this new political show would be a great start for the network to achieve fairness and equality, which are, after all, basic journalistic ethics.

By: Amanda C

Amanda C — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:39:44 +0000

Not everything is based on discrimination. Maybe there aren’t any women as qualified as the men under consideration.

Do you really believe that? That there isn’t a single female pundit that would be capable of succeeding in this position? No, more likely the men in charge of starting up this new show, when not pressed to do otherwise, think within little boxes of “appropriate” people to host these kinds of shows. After all, we know women would be too focused on women’s issues, and people of color would be too focused on racism…

Don’t be fooled into thinking that when men are in consideration for a job it’s because they are qualified, and that when women are considered it’s because they’re potentially taking the place of a qualified man. That kind of thinking is – you guessed it – sexist!

By: Baylink

Baylink — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:50:02 +0000

Deborah Tannen.

Just sayin.

By: david stewart

david stewart — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:14:21 +0000

As one of the 9 Regional Directors in the National Organization for Women I am dismayed but not totally surprised. MSNBC is mostly male dominated, FOX is, oh why even go there……and network news will add Diana Sawyor at years end. CNN, you would hope would be more forward thinking and want a balanced show that represents all people, not just the white guys. (of which I am one) Please CNN expand your view of whom you will choose, I already boycott msnbc, except for Rachel, don’t make my give up Anderson C as well.

By: Cabaret Voltaire

Cabaret Voltaire — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:59:15 +0000

Not everything is based on discrimination. Maybe there aren’t any women as qualified as the men under consideration.