Hardly anyone discussing education on cable news is an educator by Matthew Zalaznick

Hardly anyone discussing education on cable news is an educator
Submitted by Matthew Zalaznick on Fri, 11/21/2014 - 2:51pm
Monday, November 24, 2014
The Huffington Post

Only a fraction of those discussing education policy on cable news this year have actually been educators, according to a new study by Media Matters, published Thursday.

"On segments in which there was a substantial discussion of domestic education policy between Jan. 1, 2014, and Oct. 31, 2014, there were 185 guests total on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, only 16 of whom were educators, or 9 percent," the study reads.

While MSNBC was the only network above the average, with 14 percent (11 out of 77 guests invited to discuss the topic were educators), only four out of 81 guests on Fox News were educators (5 percent), and just one out of 27 guests on CNN had a background in education (4 percent)

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