Cable News Has A Terrible Sexism Problem

John Rieger, Huffington Post
Thu, 10/27/2016 - 3:59pm

function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); On Tuesday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), accused Megyn Kelly of being “fascinated by sex.” The Fox News anchor is just the latest in a string of cable news hosts and guests who have faced subtle ― if not overt ― sexism over the years. The Huffington Post dug through the archives to determine just how common these remarks are on cable news. As it turns out, very.

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