# Why doesn't Fox News have any Black Anchors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-fox-news-have-any-black-anchors/642216 "2012-11-26T23:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-fox-news-have-any-black-anchors/642216/41 "2013-05-17T22:16:39Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > “Swarthy and Balanced” doesn’t have the same panache. Haha. That was clever. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-fox-news-have-any-black-anchors/642216/42 "2013-05-17T22:27:41Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Sorry to disappoint. But theres several black anchors/commentators at Fox. Scroll through the photos of the various news teams. Its about the same as CNN. > [Shows | Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/shows/index.html) There’s a difference between anchors and correspondents/reporters. Anchors host the shows, the others offer occasional commentary. Juan Williams is not an anchor. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-fox-news-have-any-black-anchors/642216/43 "2013-05-17T23:05:05Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Might speak volumes for the professionalism of black anchorites. > > > [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > > > How has this racist BS gone unnoticed? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t intended the way you interpreted it. \*\*Ethilrist \*\*was just (facetiously) saying that black anchors were \*too \*professional to work for a place such as Fox News. **And now, for something completely different…** If anybody else was wondering about the bit mentioned upthread about Harris Faulkner (whose wiki was linked) and something about Norway (which has since been apparently excised from that wiki), check out [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EX3km583Dw) for a quick laugh while you see what that was about. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-fox-news-have-any-black-anchors/642216/44 "2013-05-17T23:11:54Z")
> [@idideat12](#): > > Blacks are raised on welfare, in ghettos, trapped in union run schools (prisons), and told that its better for them and that republicans and foxnews are trying to keep them from getting more free stuff just because they are black. > Some blacks are smart enough to think for themselves and realize its been the democratic policies of welfare, abortion, and unionized schools that is the new plantation. The black man has been beaten down and the reverends sharpton and jackson are laughing all the way to the rainbow bank. > Try this for once. Maybe foxnews does not have any black anchors because no QUALIFIED blacks are applying for the job. If you call the black anchors on MSNBC “qualified”, you cannot recognize racial hires. Thank you affirmative action. This is your first and last note about this: Don’t post in this manner again as it appears to be trolling. If you have an opinion you share, there are ways to do it without putting it as you did here. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-fox-news-have-any-black-anchors/642216/45 "2013-05-18T00:03:01Z")
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