Women represented 53% of the voting public and half the ballot in last week’s presidential election, yet Morning Joe still didn’t see fit to include women’s commentary on the election. The data for the Who Talks? project once again shows Morning Joe lagged behind with only 18% appearances by women commentators during the last week of a historic election.
Read MoreWe already know that Morning Joe is one of the most consistently disappointing shows tracked by the Who Talks? project, but they hit a new low last week when they included appearances by women in only 14% of their presidential election commentary. Over the past seven months, their average has been a pathetic 24%. We didn’t think they could do worse, and yet they did.
Read MoreIt was only two days ago that we pointed out Morning Joe’s abysmal 18% gender ratio for the week, but unfortunately we’re going to have to call them out again. They averaged 24% women pundits both in the one-month roundup and again in the three-month review. The Who Talks? data roundup for the last six months has just come in and Morning Joe’s inclusion of women commentators has still not budged.
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