Category Archives: Gender

Women in Media: 'Crucial to…Progressive Leadership'

Posted on 06/19/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

In Women In Media & News' announcement (6/18/09) that former FAIR staffer Jennifer Pozner has won a New Leaders Council "40 Under 40" Award–given to those "who exemplify the spirit of progressive political entrepreneurship"–Women's Rights blogger Jennifer Nedeau spells out … Continue reading →

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The L.A. Times' Guide to Sexism and 'Nerds'

Posted on 06/17/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Blogging about a male-only film promotion contest at San Diego's Comic-Con, Charlie Jane Anders (io9.com, 6/15/09) also notices the "L.A. Times published an insulting 'guide for girls'" about the convention–which starts out by assuring readers that contrary to what you … Continue reading →

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Media Men Debate Women's Rights

Posted on 06/15/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Columnist Katha Pollitt (Nation, 6/10/09) has examined the extent to which, "in the immediate aftermath of Dr. Tiller's murder, it was astonishing how many men were called upon to weigh in on abortion on national television": CNN featured William Schneider, … Continue reading →

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Big Media's 'Right' Minds Pretend Away Discrimination

Posted on 06/15/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

In wonderment that, as "Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is making the rounds of the Capitol this week," corporate pundit "jackasses are still saying she has to explain her 'wise Latina' comment," Laura Flanders (Women In Media & News, 6/4/09) … Continue reading →

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NYT Columnist: Forfeit Roe, Save Doctors!

Posted on 06/12/2009 by Steve Rendall

In Tuesday's New York Times online edition, the paper's neo-neo-con columnist Ross Douthat laid out a sprawling argument that seemed to conclude that pro-choice activists and the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling were responsible for violence against women's healthcare … Continue reading →

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A Newsweek Story Gets 'Better' for Scarborough–With a Little Help From a Friend

Posted on 06/11/2009 by Jim Naureckas

The website Gawker (6/9/09) caught Newsweek making some sneaky changes in an online article–changes that were ordered by Newsweek editor Jon Meacham, and which just happened to favor the host of a show that Meacham appears on regularly. On the … Continue reading →

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Bill O'Reilly and the Murder of His 'Nazi' 'Baby Killer'

Posted on 06/01/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Writing at Salon (5/31/09, ad-viewing required) on the murder of "Kansas doctor George Tiller, who was killed Sunday while attending church services with his wife," Gabriel Winant wants us to know that there's no other person who bears as much … Continue reading →

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On 'The Terrorists Who [Still] Aren't in the News'

Posted on 06/01/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Attempting to add appropriate context to mainstream reportage of Sunday's murder of Kansas doctor George Tiller, the Media Justice Fund blog has reprinted (6/1/09) an October 8, 2006, Women In Media & News post by Jennifer Pozner titled "The Terrorists … Continue reading →

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Sotomayor Not 'Normal' Like 'Unbiased' White Pundits

Posted on 05/30/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Claiming that he doesn't "know at this point whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor is a good choice for Supreme Court justice or a bad one," critic Dave Lindorff (ThisCantBeHappening.net, 5/28/09) does note that she "is a lousy judge for writers and … Continue reading →

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Spinning the Sotomayor Abortion Debate in the NYT

Posted on 05/28/2009 by Julie Hollar

Charlie Savage did some good reporting on the Bush signing statements, but his front-page story in today's New York Times on reproductive rights groups' reaction to Sotomayor is way off course. His lead explains that abortion rights advocates are worried … Continue reading →

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Not Much 'Intellectual Heavy Lifting' at New York Magazine

Posted on 04/06/2009 by Jim Naureckas

In a column on media treatment of Michelle Obama, Katha Pollitt (Nation, 4/20/09) points out this forehead-smacking quote from New York magazine's David Samuels (3/15/09): There are clear limits to Michelle's ambition. She went to excellent schools, got decent grades, … Continue reading →

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Woman Journalists: Last In, First Out

Posted on 03/30/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Author and journalist Sheila Gibbons has some regrettably foreseeable news (Womens eNews, 3/30/09) on how female reporters who "worked hard to establish themselves in what had long been a male-dominated field" are faring in a time of massive media cutbacks … Continue reading →

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'Noble' Media Effort Still Reinforces Domestic Violence

Posted on 03/27/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Guest blogging at Women In Media & News (3/25/09), professors Jamii Claiborne and Susanne Gubanc write that, while most "mass media voices had good intentions" and "seemed genuine in their desire to make the alleged February domestic violence incident between … Continue reading →

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Holding Fox Accountable for O'Reilly's Harassment

Posted on 03/25/2009 by Isabel Macdonald

A new FAIR action alert calls on the Fox News Channel to answer for host Bill O'Reilly's pattern of ambushing his critics. O'Reilly (O'Reilly Factor, 3/23/08) recently targeted Think Progress blog editor Amanda Terkel while she was on vacation, sending … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly Airs the Results of His Stalking Expedition

Posted on 03/24/2009 by Jim Naureckas

Last night (3/23/08) Bill O'Reilly aired the results of his stalking expedition against Think Progress blogger Amanda Terkel, who had dared to question (3/1/09) the appropriateness of O'Reilly speaking at a fundraiser for a foundation for rape survivors in light … Continue reading →

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