XPost: can.general, soc.culture.canada, alt.radio.networks.cbc
From: bob_catt@hotmail.com
"Chief Two Big Stones" wrote in message
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> David Dalton wrote:
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> > 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.
Trolls aren't so articulate, or make their points so cogently, as David is
and does.
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