Tokenism

Since Katie Couric has taken over the CBS Evening News as the first solo female nightly-news anchor, “women have received 40% fewer assignments than they did under her predecessor, Bob Schieffer. Men, meanwhile, have seen no cutback in their workload.”

Eh, who needs all those other bitchez now that you can point to having given a woman the prime slot? Especially when the token is happy to help.

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