Vanity Fair has kicked up a major sexism row with THIS photo

The photo depicts the ‘titans of late night television’ – and all ten of them are men.

SO, LAST NIGHT Vanity Fair put out an article from their latest issue titled ‘Why late-night television is better than ever’.

The accompanying photo on Twitter showed the ‘titans’ of late-night telly in the States – and people quickly noticed its distinct lack of diversity:

We talked to all the titans of late-night television, and found out why it's better than ever http://t.co/pIG1c7wSs1 pic.twitter.com/p8EgyB5jva
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) September 14, 2015

VANITY FAIR / Twitter

Twitter user Sebastian Nebel was one of the first to comment on it, and his tweet exploded with over 1000 retweets

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Which then led to a debate amongst hundreds of people as to the state of TV presenting roles in the US

@SebastianNebel @The_J_Cobb If anyone, including women, would watch a woman late night show, they would have one. Its about $ not gender.
— StocktonShorts (@StocktonShorts) September 14, 2015

Stockton Shorts / Twitter

@StocktonShorts What stupid logic. How can you gauge the non-viewership women-led network late night shows when there haven't been any?
— sunmi’s black pearl 🪬 (@stnikolaos) September 14, 2015

lilandra / Twitter

Most people were blown away to see such a vivid representation of just how many lads there are in the top jobs

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@VanityFair @MatthewACherry where are the women? pic.twitter.com/uDZADvT3Zt
— JDegarson (@johndegarson) September 14, 2015

JDegarson / Twitter

Then, of course, the photoshopping began – and some of them were excellent

.@VanityFair BETTER pic.twitter.com/EfPbTQ3qZ8
— Samantha Bee (@iamsambee) September 14, 2015

Samantha Bee / Twitter

In just over 12 hours, the Vanity Fair photo has already become a meme

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Quick work, internet.

Written by David Elkin and originally published on DailyEdge.ie

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