Men, Signing Off

Washington Post ^ | July 24, 2006 | Paul Farhi

[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."

[Spktyr]

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

[gaijin]

Journalism is activism, which is writing about your feelings.

And women are GOOD at that.

[gaijin]

beat me..!

[robert jones]

This is so easy.

Women yearn to become commie-info babes.

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

[Perdogg]

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".

[martin_fierro]

Some applicants are young and green, some older and seasoned. But the most common characteristic is: Most are women.

And the rest are...

[OldPossum]

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.)

[SteveMcKing]

"pretty-boys"

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

[Spktyr]

Umm.. they're already doing it.

[yankeedame]

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)

[Baynative]

[winner3000]

(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.

[AZLiberty]

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

[sgtbono2002]

Metrosexuals????

[Chickensoup]

Metrosexuals????

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

[albee]

Re: Pics in post #7

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

[Billthedrill]

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

[Hebrews 11:6]

Ted and Georgette Baxter had only girls.

Q.E.D.

[Chickensoup]

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


...in pink uniforms.

[HIDEK6]

Are they the Fab Five?

[Charles Martel]

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

Cue "Y.M.C.A." < heh >

[kittymyrib]

You have certainly made your point with this gaggle of gays.

[Enterprise]

And the rest are neutrosexuals.

[M1thumb]

Qu**rs on parade.

[mathurine]

As a grown up and well-educated man, I don't watch much TV, so I don't much care what type or stripe the anchors represent nor do I believe much that newspanderers or newspanderessettes present.

[danmar]

Hmmm....a bunch of fa---ts, especially the one in tne middle. And one expects to be taking seriously with that face, while delivering the evening news?
Give me a break, that bunch looks more like coming from the HDTV's bedroom decorating team of designers than evening news broadcasters!

[goldstategop]

Who wants to emote? Guys are saying thanks but no thanks to a career in the Drive By Media.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[Secret Agent Man]

You're probably not too far off. I'm not joking.

[x1stcav]

"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."

Uh could it be that the media is perhaps the most feminized part of our culture and economy?

Real men go into the Armed Forces.

[bert]

The reasons are that TV is percieved as not work, it requires little but good looks and women will work cheap. A plastic degree, and good looks are the ticket.

As in the banking field where women now control the retail end, men were outed by women who work cheap.