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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Fri Feb 10, 2012, 11:57 PM Feb 2012

Study Finds Cable Networks Are Asking Twice As Many Men To Comment On Birth Control As Women

Study Finds Cable Networks Are Asking Twice As Many Men To Comment On Birth Control As Women

Even with President Obama settling on a compromise for the birth control mandate, the issue remains a highly charged one, and no doubt it will be the topic du jour on every Sunday morning talk show this weekend. The media has been covering the mandate and issues it raises about women’s health coverage and religious liberty, but a new study finds that the majority of commentators that have been on the cable networks speaking out on the controversy involving women’s health have been men.

ThinkProgress monitored how CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Fox Business News were covering the story, and they found results suggesting “an issue that most directly affects women” “has been driven mostly by men.”

From Monday through Thursday evening, the leading cable news channels – Fox, Fox Business, MSNBC, and CNN – invited almost twice as many men as women onto their shows to discuss contraceptive coverage.

Out of a total of 146 guests who discussed contraception, the cables invited 91 men compared to 55 women as commentators. In other words, males comprised 62 percent of the total guests who commented on contraception. Fox was the most gender stratified network – on the Business network, 10 of 11 guests were male; on the News side, male pundits took up 65 percent of the guest lineup (28 men vs. 15 women). Sixty percent of MSNBC’s lineup was male (44 men vs. 31 women). And while CNN was more evenly balanced, it was still slightly tilted in favor of male perspectives (9 men vs. 8 women).

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More here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/study-finds-cable-networks-are-asking-twice-as-many-men-to-comment-on-birth-control-as-women/

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Study Finds Cable Networks Are Asking Twice As Many Men To Comment On Birth Control As Women (Original Post) Tx4obama Feb 2012 OP

I saw this on ThinkProgress earlier. Thanks for posting it here. It says Duct Tape Feb 2012 #1

It also says a lot about the mentality of our rulers. DCKit Feb 2012 #2

I have fantasies of sticking a shiv in someone's privates in my head sometimes roguevalley Feb 2012 #3

I can't see them coming back as a whole women, no matter how low her economic status. DCKit Feb 2012 #4

I can accept that. LOL! roguevalley Feb 2012 #6

More corporate media authoritarian, propaganda shenanigans. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #5

And so it has always been... Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #7

Duct Tape

(196 posts)

1. I saw this on ThinkProgress earlier. Thanks for posting it here. It says

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 12:06 AM

Feb 2012

a lot about representation and the real state of gender equality. If the networks can't even bring themselves to call in more women than men on an issue that pertains to women, then when will women get a chance to be the main voice? I like having facts like this to show to people who think that their personal beliefs trump real life sexism.

DCKit

(18,541 posts)

2. It also says a lot about the mentality of our rulers.

Reply to Duct Tape (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 07:05 AM

Feb 2012

It's obvious that they believe that women need to be talked down to, subjugated and dominated by men. It's so patriarchal, so 1950's. No wonder they don't believe in evolution.

That pisses me off, but I'd be freakin' furious (to the point of committing violence) if I were female.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

3. I have fantasies of sticking a shiv in someone's privates in my head sometimes

Reply to DCKit (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 12:55 PM

Feb 2012

so I won't do it in real life. As a spiritualist I believe in reincarnation to learn more lessons for my soul. Rick Santorum and the rest of these wheezebags in and out of the media as well are coming back as poor women some day. Only then will they get it, fuckers.