It’s just as bad in Britain, too.
The editor's first response was ‘if conservatives were qualified, they would be hired’. (The paper he wrote for - one that everyone here would recognize - did NOT have one conservative on staff...) When I pointed out his same excuse had been used to keep women and blacks out of newsrooms he backed off on the comment.
Maybe we need to guilt-trip the MSM - or explain ‘diversity of thought’ or something..