Jemele Hill posts misleading study to suggest there are too many 'white men' in sports media

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Jemele Hill dismissed calls to add men to WNBA broadcasts as "deeply unserious," arguing that the sports media industry is overrun by "White men."

Earlier this week, NBA reporter Ric Bucher pointed to the lack of diversity on WNBA studio shows, which are staffed predominantly by Black women. Bucher suggested networks like ESPN and NBC add a male voice to the conversation.

Hill responded to Bucher's post by citing what she called the "latest stats."

"— 83 percent of sports editors are white men — 75 percent of assistant sports editors are white men — 82 percent of columnists are white men — 67 percent of sports anchors are white men — 68 percent of sports analysts are white men — 65 percent of sports producers are white men.

C’mon, Ric. This is deeply unserious."

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As OutKick argued on Monday, Bucher is correct that mainstream WNBA programming lacks diversity. However, it's the lack of diversity in worldview that is consequential.

WNBA programming doesn't necessarily need someone of a particular gender or race to improve the discourse. It needs someone willing to represent the other side of the conversation, someone to challenge claims that Caitlin Clark is overrated, that "white privilege" is rampant, that Black women in the WNBA are victims, that Sophie Cunningham is a culture warrior and that trans women are women.

The public doesn't care whether that counterargument comes from a man or a woman, or a Black or white