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Do male candidates get more coverage than women? It's complicated.
TV networks spent more time on Beto ORourke than Elizabeth Warren. The question is why.
By Anna North Mar 29, 2019, 12:10pm EDT
A Vanity Fair cover. Reporters mobbing campaign stops. Multiple references to stardom.
Thats the reception that greeted Beto ORourke in the days leading up to and following the announcement of his campaign for the presidency. All this happened despite the fact that ORourke is a former member of Congress without a detailed platform, whose main claim to fame is losing a long-shot Senate race.
Some of his female opponents in the Democratic primary, meanwhile, have come out with well-thought-out policy proposals bolstered by years in nationwide office. But to some observers, they havent gotten the same star treatment as ORourke.
We have four highly qualified women senators all from incredibly different backgrounds, and I dont think its a coincidence that theyre not getting the same traction and enthusiasm in the media as the male candidates, says Amanda Hunter, research and communications director at the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, which works on womens representation in politics.
FULL story: https://www.vox.com/2019/3/29/18285563/elizabeth-warren-beto-orourke-sanders-2020-gender
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Do male candidates get more coverage than women? It's complicated. (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2019
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Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)1. It's not complicated
The white guy will always get more coverage regardless of qualifications because misogyny.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
4139
(1,893 posts)2. It's about new and entertaining... Beto is new and entertaining, AOC also is.
The word new is in the word news and Elizabeth warren in not new.
AOC is getting 10,000 times more coverage than all the male first year congressmen combined..and rightly so.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden