THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE U.S MEDIA 2015

WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER
The results?
There were 730 male invitees—72 percent of all guests—and 285 female invitees on
all the shows, combined.
With 36 percent of his guests being female, O’Reilly came closer to gender parity
than other mainstream cable show hosts.
On Hannity’s show, 35 percent of guests were female.
28 percent of “All In with Chris Hayes” guests were female.
25 percent each of Cooper’s and Maddow’s guests were female.
19 percent of Burnett’s guests were female.
While non-white women comprise roughly 18 percent of the U.S. population, they
were, FAIR reported, “strikingly underrepresented on most shows.”
American University’s Women & Politics Institute: As in 2013, 2014
news opinion-makers and analysts on Sunday a.m. shows were
overwhelmingly male
The number of female commentators and journalists appearing on NBC’s “Meet the
Press” in 2014 exceeded that of all the major Sunday talk shows—though men still accounted
for nearly three-quarters of that show’s guests. American University’s Women
& Politics Institute: As in 2013, 2014 new opinion-makers and analysts on Sunday a.m
shows were overwhelmingly male
The annual “Sunday Morning Monitor” accounting by the Women & Politics Institute,
based at American University’s School of Public Affairs, also found that women
represented:
Sunday talk shows
ABC This Week 385 guests 276 men (72%) 109 women (28%)
CBS Face Nation 421 guests 317 men (75%) 104 women (25%)
Fox News Sunday 411 guests 317 men (77%) 94 women (23%)
NBC Meet Press 422 guests 301 men (71%) 121 women (29%)
CNN State Union 366 guests 267 men (73%) 99 women (27%)
Source: Women & Politics Institute Sunday Morning Monitor, American University School of Public Affairs
Overall, men accounted for roughly 74 percent of guests on these five Sunday morning news
shows. Women were 26 percent.
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