We hear a lot these days about what's wrong with the media in this country, how journalists are failing us, choosing to entertain instead of inform. Helen Thomas is of the Old School. In this clip, Helen asks the administration hard questions about torture:
Change attitudes toward women
Sexism, the belief that the male sex is inherently superior, is alive and thriving in America. Witness the treatment and coverage of Sen. Clinton in her quest to become the first woman elected to the presidency.
Those boys on MSNBC's Hardball love to go after Hillary, belittling and backbiting her any chance they get. At one point it got so bad, Chris Mathews, the host of the show, was forced to apologize on camera for all the foul, misogynist things he's been saying about the Democratic presidential candidate from NY State. Now one of Mathews' homeboys, David Shuster, who appears regularly on Hardball, has gotten himself in deep doo-doo for the same thing: unfairly bashing Hillary, this time on the MSNBC show Tucker.
Memo to you guys over at rochesterturning.com. Love your blog, but stop with that calling Maggie Brooks "Saggy" Brooks. It may be cute to some guys. Not so much to us womenfolks. Stop it, right now, you hear! Besides, nicknames are so passe. Bushy gave them a bad name.
When you watch the Super Bowl tomorrow pay close attention to how women are portrayed in the commercials. If the commercials are like previous years, women's bodies will be used to sell all sorts of products. This lack of respect for women and under-representation of positive female role models permeates so much of our media that most people think nothing of it.
Is it no wonder we are being asked over and over if we are ready for a woman president?
