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davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 02:06 AM Apr 2014

So Fox News will have a show that features women...at least thats what they want you to think

Roger Ailes is an evil genius. In the midst of a nationwide debate over whether Republicans are waging a war on women, Fox News is launching a new show called Outnumbered at the end of April. Outnumbered because the show will feature four female and one male host. The man will be "outnumbered," meaning that even though Outnumbered is supposedly a female-centric show, the male point of view is still so central that it gives the show its title.

Really, the word outnumbered should apply to the rest of Fox's programming, where only 36 percent of anchors and correspondents are women. But you know, that's the natural order of things. (Except on MSNBC and CNN, where women make up 48 percent and 58 percent, respectively, of anchors and correspondents.) Gender imbalance is only noteworthy when women outnumber men.

Still, you have to hand it to Ailes for mastering the art of having it both ways. On the one hand, there's no reason to think this show will be anything but excruciatingly sexist, starting with that condescending title that treats female anchors like a novelty. Mediaite reports that the show will feature Kimberly Guilfoyle and Andrea Tantaros, two women who have built careers out of reassuring cranky old misogynists that there are hot young women out there who agree with them.* On the other hand, the very setup of the show inoculates it against this accusation, since hey, Fox is giving women jobs on TV. It's the same trick Republicans pull by putting female faces out front when pushing abortion restrictions or undermining equal-pay efforts.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/04/17/outnumbered_on_fox_news_to_feature_four_female_hosts_one_man_we_re_gonna.html
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So Fox News will have a show that features women...at least thats what they want you to think (Original Post) davidn3600 Apr 2014 OP
Lemme guess: it's still be sexist sakabatou Apr 2014 #1
no doubt hollysmom Apr 2014 #2
Oh a fivesome Politicalboi Apr 2014 #3
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
3. Oh a fivesome
Sat Apr 19, 2014, 02:25 AM
Apr 2014

The four of them will be on the edge of their seat waiting for the man to point them in the right direction. They're off going to the bathroom together, and he's left to the man's work. Silly women.

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