'This is so great': TPM progs of pallor concerned about whiteness of New Yorker cartoons [photo]

And also a hankie. Because Talking Points Memo has a sad, you guys:

Of the 1,810 characters in 2014's New Yorker cartoons, 94.7 % were white and 70.6 % were male. http://t.co/U9qNYBuAhf pic.twitter.com/BaHp4yO3Ns

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) May 26, 2015

Awww …

Conservatives to blame I'm sure RT @TPM: Of the 1,810 characters in 2014's New Yorker cartoons, 94.7 % were white and 70.6 % were male.

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 26, 2015

No Justice! No Peace! https://t.co/1APWzztI1S

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) May 26, 2015

@redsteeze @TPM Yup. Racist, sexist rag, for sure.

— MISTER Deplorable (@therightplanet1) May 26, 2015

This, too, is for sure:

@TPM You people are bat shit crazy.

— MSM is Enemy of the People (@dan_covfefe) May 26, 2015

And also not terribly self-aware.

@TPM so slightly more diverse than it's readership.

— Michael Dervin (@mdervin) May 26, 2015

Not to mention its staff:

@redsteeze hmm- time to resurrect that TPM staff photo pic? @TPM

— Nino (@baldingschemer) May 26, 2015

Now’s as good a time as any!

MT @TPM: Of the 1,810 characters in 2014's New Yorker cartoons, 94.7 % were white and 70.6 % were male. pic.twitter.com/jSnNcHYUHe

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 26, 2015

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Help! We’re blinded by the white!

This is so great. https://t.co/KOHatu6NQr

— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) May 26, 2015

Isn’t it, though?

😉 @redsteeze MT @TPM Of the 1,810 characters in 2014's New Yorker cartoons, 94.7 % were white and 70.6 % were male. pic.twitter.com/5c81Pfob8M

— Kerfuffle Actual? (@shoshido) May 26, 2015

@redsteeze very progressive .. lol very. @TPM

— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) May 26, 2015

@redsteeze LMAO! Be the change! @TPM

— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) May 26, 2015