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558. How come political experts in the news tend to be white and male?

It's All Journalism

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Women and People of Color More Likely to Say Yes to Interviews

The first name that they mentioned as an expert source in a previous article is more likely to be a white man. So networks are very clearly or seem from this particular test seem to be primarily made up of white men. But what we found when we talked to experts is that both women and men and people of color, all report receiving media requests at equal rates.

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