The Gender Gap in Election 2012 Media Sourcing
A new infographic by the 4th Estate illustrates how significantly underrepresented women are in 2012 election coverage.
via 4thestate:
In our analysis of news stories and transcripts from the past 6 months, men are much more likely to be quoted on their subjective insight in newspapers and on television. This pattern holds true across all major news outlets, as well as on issues specifically concerning women. For example, in front page articles about the 2012 election that mention abortion or birth control, men are 4 to 7 times more likely to be cited than women. This gender gap undermines the media’s credibility.
How they did it:
The 4th Estate collects data from a sampling of news stories from US national print outlets, TV broadcast and radio transcripts covering the 2012 election. These stories are contextually analyzed and broken down by topic, sentiment and newsmaker. The data for this graphic includes quotes and statements from newsmakers who provide subjective insight. Statements from candidates are not counted. The 4th Estate’s sister company, Global News Intelligence, provides similar proprietary services for government and Fortune 500 companies.
Go figure
My grandfather was George Lansbury, the leader of the Labour Party, and a great pacifist. While I was growing up, my father wrote a book about him, and some fellows from Scotland Yard came to the front door. Apparently my father had revealed some state secret that had to do with the Russian crown jewels. We all thought Daddy was going to jail. It was like a Noël Coward comedy.
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so I know literally no person wants to discuss contraception and the Catholic Church BUT America magazine (disclosure: I worked there!) wrote this very reasonable editorial about why the US Conference of Catholic Bishops shouldn’t continue griping in light of the concessions made by the Obama…
Putting this link right here.
Great. Now we have to be calm, too?
If you are having an affair, that is between you, your spouse and the other party (and possibly your campaign donors). If you are trying to gin up fat phobia, that is another matter entirely!
Not only ladies be talking, but ladies talk to punish their men! ‘That’s what you get for forming a relationship with me! I will use my brain and face to make sounds that you hate!’
Bang your head
Michele Bachmann is not a man:
Quite unlike prior presidential and vice presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, Bachmann has consistently downplayed the fact that she is a woman in her campaign. She never mentions any of the barriers that would be broken if she were to become the first female Republican presidential nominee or the first female president. She doesn’t identify as a feminist or embrace any particularly feminist or pro-woman policies. She talks about how wives should be “submissive” to their husbands, and on Women’s Equality Day, she shared a stage in South Carolina with the state’s first woman governor and entirely ignored the fact that it was the 91st anniversary of women’s suffrage.Jennifer Lawless, director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University, said Bachmann’s decision to downplay her gender in her campaign could be a smart electoral strategy to win over the evangelical, conservative base.
“She does not embrace feminist policies or feminist principles,” said Lawless.
1. Talking about how wives should be submissive to their husbands is not “downplaying the fact that you are a woman.” It is the opposite of that, especially when evangelical conservatives are your base.
2. Not identifying as a feminist is not the same as “downplaying the fact that you are a woman,” just as identifying as a feminist is not the same as “making a big deal out of the fact that you are a woman.”
I just didn’t have my hand on the trigger.
Arizona state Sen. Lori Klein reassuring an Arizona Republic reporter as she pointed the laser sighting of her loaded .380 Ruger, without a safety, during an interview outside the Senate chamber. Read full story at the Arizona Republic. (via centerforinvestigativereporting)
Her gun is “raspberry pink,” which should be a crime unto itself.
