A story from The Washington Post earlier this week has caused an uproar in conservative media circles. May are questioning the publication over perceived outlandish coverage, with 93.1 WIBC morning host Tony Katz the latest to lament the headline.
The story in question is titled ‘Shark Week’ lacks diversity, overrepresents men named Mike, scientists say‘. In the article, author Daniel Wu quoted a study that claims the Discovery Channel programming featured more experts and hosts named “Mike” than women.
Katz was flabbergasted by the headline and story.
“The Washington Post putting out a story — Daniel Wu — saying that Shark Week is not diverse enough. You progressives could ruin anything. You really are awful. Every single one of you. You are just terrible. We have crossed Rubicon. There’s no way back. The sharks are racist. They lack diversity? You’re ridiculous. You’re just ridiculous.”
The WIBC host continued, “They don’t have enough women scientists on the Shark Week shows? I’m not in charge of who goes into whatever the science may be in the study of sharks, but what I want to hear from are the people who study sharks! And I don’t care if they’re men or women, black or white, Asian, Hispanic, it makes no difference.”
Katz continued by claiming no one who watches Shark Week cares about the scientists on the show. They care about the sharks. He equated it to seeing a video of someone in a bikini running on a beach similar to the Baywatch open, and asking what color the bikini was. “No one knows, and no one cares,” Katz said.
