FAIR Study: PBS is Awfully White, Male and Republican These Days

A study released yesterday by media watchdogs Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting revealed that the PBS network’s marquee news program NewsHour, formerly the McNeil/Leher NewsHour, continues to favor sources that are white, male and powerful. 82 percent of guests on the program were non-Hispanic white, while 80 percent were male. Hispanics only made up 1 percent of the sources used on the program. The study also found that Republicans outnumbered Democratic guests 3 to 2.