Alangoya Tezel, Kent A. Griffith, Rochelle D. Jones, et alReshma Jagsi,
JAMA Intern Med. Published online December 14, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6285
Although 41% of medical school faculty are women,1 women appear underrepresented as authors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-related publications2 and as leaders of the US response.3 Given the news media’s long-standing role in shaping public consciousness,4 we sought to investigate whose voices are being broadcast. Because cable news provides extended segments that frequently include expert interviews (unlike shorter network nightly news broadcasts), we investigated the diversity of speakers who discussed COVID-19 and other content on cable news programs.