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Men, Signing Off
Washington Post ^ | July 24, 2006 | Paul Farhi

Posted on 07/24/2006 4:48:48 PM PDT by Loyalist

As the news director of WTTG-Fox5, Katherine Green gets stacks of tapes and résumés from reporters and anchors who want to work in her newsroom. Some applicants are young and green, some older and seasoned. But the most common characteristic is: Most are women.

By Green's estimate, women applicants outnumber men about 3 to 1. Bill Lord, Green's counterpart at WJLA (Channel 7), sees much the same ratio, and he says the percentage of women has increased year by year.

"It's actually more difficult now to find a strong male anchor than a strong female," Green says. "Why? I'm not really sure I can answer that."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: airheads; feminism; infobabes; journalism; liberalmedia; mainstreammedia; men; neutromen; news; noballsnews; reporterette; tvnews; women
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1 posted on 07/24/2006 4:48:49 PM PDT by Loyalist
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To: Loyalist

Well, since so much modern MSM "journalism" is about "feeling" and empathizing as opposed to hard facts, this is entirely understandable. :-P


2 posted on 07/24/2006 4:50:27 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Loyalist
Journalism is activism, which is writing about your feelings.

And women are GOOD at that.

3 posted on 07/24/2006 4:50:27 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

beat me..!


4 posted on 07/24/2006 4:50:46 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Loyalist

This is so easy.

Women yearn to become commie-info babes.

A commie-info guy is more likely to get punched in the nose.


5 posted on 07/24/2006 4:51:57 PM PDT by robert jones
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To: Loyalist
It's simple math. Males are longer watching local news. Because it's bs. The only reason to check out the local news is the "canned blond with the big hooters".
6 posted on 07/24/2006 4:51:58 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Loyalist
Some applicants are young and green, some older and seasoned. But the most common characteristic is: Most are women.

And the rest are...

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7 posted on 07/24/2006 4:54:49 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Loyalist

In line with the earlier posts, maybe in the future, women anchors and journalists will try to explain to the TV audience why such an individual killed someone rather than how and when the act was done. (I'm just joking, folks.)


8 posted on 07/24/2006 4:55:47 PM PDT by OldPossum
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"pretty-boys"

Like I'm going to listen to them talk about anything.

9 posted on 07/24/2006 4:57:34 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: OldPossum

Umm.. they're already doing it.


10 posted on 07/24/2006 4:59:13 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr
Well, since so much modern MSM "journalism" is about "feeling" and empathizing as opposed to hard facts, this is entirely understandable.

As a femme I should get angry at that statement...if I didn't admit that you have hit the nail right on the head.(sigh)

11 posted on 07/24/2006 4:59:59 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: Loyalist

(Once that balance gets pushed too far in one direction, then the editorial decision-making will change significantly, too. It can't help not to, because what interests men and women is different.")

That goes double for Republicans and Democrats. When 85% + of the news media is liberal, they still have the gall to say that this doesn't affect their reporting.


13 posted on 07/24/2006 5:15:07 PM PDT by winner3000
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To: martin_fierro

Those guys are almost as perky as Ms. Couric herself.


14 posted on 07/24/2006 5:16:18 PM PDT by AZLiberty (Creating the <a href="http://clinton.senate.gov">straddle</a> Google bomb one post at a time.)
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To: SteveMcKing

Metrosexuals????


15 posted on 07/24/2006 5:21:20 PM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: sgtbono2002

Metrosexuals????

I dont think they are metrosexuals. I think they go whole hog.


16 posted on 07/24/2006 5:26:02 PM PDT by Chickensoup (S)
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Re: Pics in post #7

Looks like those "guys" are eagerly awaiting the Gay Day Parade in San Francisco.

17 posted on 07/24/2006 5:26:23 PM PDT by albee (The best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: Chickensoup

Yeh - them boys don't just bat for the other team, they're the entire infield.


18 posted on 07/24/2006 5:28:10 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Loyalist
Ted and Georgette Baxter had only girls.

Q.E.D.

19 posted on 07/24/2006 5:28:32 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God is, and (2) God is good?)
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To: Billthedrill

Yeh - them boys don't just bat for the other team, they're the entire infield.


...in pink uniforms.


20 posted on 07/24/2006 5:35:08 PM PDT by Chickensoup (S)
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