Senator Rand Paul recently sushed a female CNBC anchor. Normally I wouldn't find this worthy of blogging about but the arguments are taking a course that is way off base. This post will be short and sweet and to the point.
Female anchors are coming out of the termite woodwork adamantly saying that they wouldn't tolerate being "sushed" on their own show. This is bull at it's finest! Being female has nothing to do with it, and the incident is being used as a vehicle to further the equal gender rights cause and to smear the name of Senator Rand Paul. Personally I find it irresponsible for any journalist, male or female, to make any assertion of sexism. Nine times out of ten, anytime you get two people together there will be opposing points of view and even more important character differences. Quite simply Senator Rand Paul felt like he was being overwhelmed and not allowed adequate opportunity to answer the question given him by the anchor. Simple as that. In my opinion she was getting too emotionally involved with the issue of child vaccinations. She was taking it out on the Senator.
Actually, I give the Senator a big "kudos" for standing up and attempting to put this anchor in their place. Notice I said "their" place and not her place. It illustrates that I don't care what the gender is. Anchors and journalists are not perfect or infallible. Anyone who claims they are flawless has severe mental issues. If the interviewee feels they are being taken advantage of it should be their liberty to address it. Senator Paul could have gotten overly vocal with her. Wow! Then we'd be talking about lawsuit. Never get too vocal with a woman (sarcasm - but true). I think his reaction was appropriate. It was a simple gesture to alert the anchor to quiet the soul for a moment and listen and to regroup in a professional manner.
This is where we've gotten over the sexism issue. It is the exact same with the race card that is so carelessly played in politics. People tend to expose themselves as pure boneheads when they overreact and prematurely judge sexism against someone over small and frivolous occurrences.
When you bring someone on for an interview you receive the answers to your questions and let the public decide. You do not go looking for a fight which is what some of these anchors are leaning toward when they cry wolf - or sexism.
Female anchors are coming out of the termite woodwork adamantly saying that they wouldn't tolerate being "sushed" on their own show. This is bull at it's finest! Being female has nothing to do with it, and the incident is being used as a vehicle to further the equal gender rights cause and to smear the name of Senator Rand Paul. Personally I find it irresponsible for any journalist, male or female, to make any assertion of sexism. Nine times out of ten, anytime you get two people together there will be opposing points of view and even more important character differences. Quite simply Senator Rand Paul felt like he was being overwhelmed and not allowed adequate opportunity to answer the question given him by the anchor. Simple as that. In my opinion she was getting too emotionally involved with the issue of child vaccinations. She was taking it out on the Senator.
Actually, I give the Senator a big "kudos" for standing up and attempting to put this anchor in their place. Notice I said "their" place and not her place. It illustrates that I don't care what the gender is. Anchors and journalists are not perfect or infallible. Anyone who claims they are flawless has severe mental issues. If the interviewee feels they are being taken advantage of it should be their liberty to address it. Senator Paul could have gotten overly vocal with her. Wow! Then we'd be talking about lawsuit. Never get too vocal with a woman (sarcasm - but true). I think his reaction was appropriate. It was a simple gesture to alert the anchor to quiet the soul for a moment and listen and to regroup in a professional manner.
This is where we've gotten over the sexism issue. It is the exact same with the race card that is so carelessly played in politics. People tend to expose themselves as pure boneheads when they overreact and prematurely judge sexism against someone over small and frivolous occurrences.
When you bring someone on for an interview you receive the answers to your questions and let the public decide. You do not go looking for a fight which is what some of these anchors are leaning toward when they cry wolf - or sexism.
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