XPost: can.general, soc.culture.canada, alt.radio.networks.cbc   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   Chief Two Big Stones wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   How is it a troll?   It is on topic on all four groups though it is   
   a bit more about TV than radio and it is about the CBC so it is   
   on topic on can.general and soc.culture.canada, so it is not   
   a troll, which might be a crosspost to unrelated groups designed   
   to instigate a long flame war or something.   Do you have any   
   constructive comments on the subject?   
      
   David   
      
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