XPost: can.general, soc.culture.canada, alt.radio.networks.cbc   
   From: smokin@thezone.com   
      
   David Dalton wrote:   
      
   > Why are women so little covered in the news?  On the CBC National TV   
   > News probably half of the staff or more are female, but over 90%   
   > of the figures covered in the news are male (generally in provincial   
   > news the percentage is a bit lower).   Now I know they will argue   
   > that well most of the top politicians, business leaders, military   
   > leaders, and religious leaders and most of those who commit violent   
   > sensational crimes are male, so they cover those.   But really   
   > there must be stories involving women of national interest, and   
   > they should have to reduce that percentage a bit, because the   
   > status quo of mostly male top politicians and so on is not going   
   > to change unless some women get some coverage (so more people   
   > will be likely to vote for them) and also thereby provide a good   
   > example to girls watching the news and considering career options.   
   > Also the military is too muh glorified and should instead be   
   > viewed as a necessary (for now) evil, and violence is far too   
   > glorified and sensationalized in our society in games, movies,   
   > TV and more.   Some emphasis in the national news on more positive   
   > stuff would not hurt.   
   >   
   > (I guess I'll e-mail national@cbc.ca in a few days about the subject,   
   > right now I am away from my usual off-campus e-mail and don't want to   
   > bother to set up this computer to get it, and haven't bothered   
   > to get a haut mal account, and forget the mail server password   
   > I would need to use my campus webmail account.  Feel free to   
   > bug them too or your own favourite news program if different.)   
   >   
   > David   
      
   Nice troll.   
      
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