Steinem-led media group gives top honors to Fox News for gender parity
A left-wing women’s media group co-founded by Gloria Steinem gave top honors for gender parity Wednesday to an unexpected recipient: Fox News.
In its annual report on the journalism gender gap, the Women's Media Center said the center-right network’s website outperformed those of CNN, the Daily Beast and Huffington Post in reporting done by women from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30.
The Fox website was the only media outlet of the four examined that saw 50 percent of its reporting done by women. Placing second was Huffington Post with 49 percent, followed by CNN with 45 percent and Daily Beast with 38 percent.
The gender gap was far more pronounced at television networks, newspapers and wire services. More than two-thirds of the evening reporting at the three broadcast networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — was done by men, while none of the 10 major daily newspapers studied reached the 50-50 mark. In its annual report on the journalism gender gap, the Women's Media Center said the center-right network’s website outperformed those of CNN, the Daily Beast and Huffington Post in reporting done by women from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30.
The Fox website was the only media outlet of the four examined that saw 50 percent of its reporting done by women. Placing second was Huffington Post with 49 percent, followed by CNN with 45 percent and Daily Beast with 38 percent.
The gender gap was far more pronounced at television networks, newspapers and wire services. More than two-thirds of the evening reporting at the three broadcast networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — was done by men, while none of the 10 major daily newspapers studied reached the 50-50 mark.
“Overall, men produce 62.3 percent of the analyzed reports while women produce 37.7 percent,” said the report, “Divided 2017: The Media Gender Gap.” “The study found that the disparity exists in newspapers, online news, wire services and television news, but is especially stark in TV news.”
In television, PBS had the narrowest gap, with 55 percent of the reporting on its evening news hour done by men and 45 percent by women. Fox, CNN and other cable outlets were not included in the analysis.
“It’s deeply disheartening to see the regression in evening broadcast news at the three major networks,” says WMC President Julie Burton in a statement. “Who tells the story is as important as what the story is. Our research continues to show that, overwhelmingly, it is men who are telling the story.”
The percentage of women involved in reporting news at the three networks actually decreased in 2016, with 25.2 percent of the work performed by women anchors, reporters and correspondents, down from 32 percent in 2015.
At the 10 newspapers studied, the New York Daily News had the biggest gender gap in terms of bylines, with 76 percent men and 24 percent women, followed by USA Today, with 70 percent versus 30 percent.
The New York Times’ male-female ratio on byline counts was 61 to 39 percent, while the Washington Post had one of the best ratios at 57.5 to 42.5 percent.
Why is the number of men versus women reporters important? The WMC said female journalists have a different perspective, implying that they are more liberal politically than men on topics such as abortion.
“Our research projects on coverage of campus rape and coverage of reproductive rights show that the gender of the journalist affects how they cover topics and whom they choose as sources,” said Ms. Burton. “Women are not equal partners in telling the story, nor are they equal partners in sourcing and interpreting what and who is important in the story.” http://m.washingtontimes.com
In its annual report on the journalism gender gap, the Women's Media Center said the center-right network’s website outperformed those of CNN, the Daily Beast and Huffington Post in reporting done by women from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30.
The Fox website was the only media outlet of the four examined that saw 50 percent of its reporting done by women. Placing second was Huffington Post with 49 percent, followed by CNN with 45 percent and Daily Beast with 38 percent.
The gender gap was far more pronounced at television networks, newspapers and wire services. More than two-thirds of the evening reporting at the three broadcast networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — was done by men, while none of the 10 major daily newspapers studied reached the 50-50 mark. In its annual report on the journalism gender gap, the Women's Media Center said the center-right network’s website outperformed those of CNN, the Daily Beast and Huffington Post in reporting done by women from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30.
The Fox website was the only media outlet of the four examined that saw 50 percent of its reporting done by women. Placing second was Huffington Post with 49 percent, followed by CNN with 45 percent and Daily Beast with 38 percent.
The gender gap was far more pronounced at television networks, newspapers and wire services. More than two-thirds of the evening reporting at the three broadcast networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — was done by men, while none of the 10 major daily newspapers studied reached the 50-50 mark.
“Overall, men produce 62.3 percent of the analyzed reports while women produce 37.7 percent,” said the report, “Divided 2017: The Media Gender Gap.” “The study found that the disparity exists in newspapers, online news, wire services and television news, but is especially stark in TV news.”
In television, PBS had the narrowest gap, with 55 percent of the reporting on its evening news hour done by men and 45 percent by women. Fox, CNN and other cable outlets were not included in the analysis.
“It’s deeply disheartening to see the regression in evening broadcast news at the three major networks,” says WMC President Julie Burton in a statement. “Who tells the story is as important as what the story is. Our research continues to show that, overwhelmingly, it is men who are telling the story.”
The percentage of women involved in reporting news at the three networks actually decreased in 2016, with 25.2 percent of the work performed by women anchors, reporters and correspondents, down from 32 percent in 2015.
At the 10 newspapers studied, the New York Daily News had the biggest gender gap in terms of bylines, with 76 percent men and 24 percent women, followed by USA Today, with 70 percent versus 30 percent.
The New York Times’ male-female ratio on byline counts was 61 to 39 percent, while the Washington Post had one of the best ratios at 57.5 to 42.5 percent.
Why is the number of men versus women reporters important? The WMC said female journalists have a different perspective, implying that they are more liberal politically than men on topics such as abortion.
“Our research projects on coverage of campus rape and coverage of reproductive rights show that the gender of the journalist affects how they cover topics and whom they choose as sources,” said Ms. Burton. “Women are not equal partners in telling the story, nor are they equal partners in sourcing and interpreting what and who is important in the story.” http://m.washingtontimes.com
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FOX has more air-headed blondes as talking heads. Gloria should have looked for quality instead of quantity.
You mean like lawyers and press secretary to a former President and the former First Lady of San Fransisco? What a sexist thing to say about the fine women journalists at Fox News.
It doesn't say anything about the real issue here; Pay parity. A big fail for Steinem trying to be relevant again.
Fox pays its female pundits, anchors, and reporters very well.
Fox pays its female pundits, anchors, and reporters very well.
Especially to the women that Ailes treated like any true Trump fan would during his time in charge there.
Fox News’s parent company spent $20 million on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit brought by a former anchor, Gretchen Carlson, whose allegations of sexual harassment toppled the network’s powerful chairman, Roger Ailes, and engulfed the company in crisis.
The Fox gals should have gotten hazardous duty pay for the Ailes years.
we should get hazardous pay for having to interact with given progressives at this site.
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Nothing like a lawsuit to force the issue of "fair pay."
I think that Ms. Steinem has missed the point, which she rarely does. It's not about the numbers of female reporters in the newsroom-- any news network have have a team of 10+ women who discuss gossip, style/fashion, Ivanka's meat loaf recipes, etc. It's the amount of face time on substantive issues that matters. It's their integrity and their journalistic morals that needs to be addressed. For far too long, all that women have been allowed to do is air dirty laundry, and to editorialize the news, while salacious viewers lap it up as to how they look-- not as to what they say.
Sure, it helps to be pretty to sell air time-- but there is a LOT more to it than a pretty face. I Seriously doubt that Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, or Walter Cronkite were judged based on their appearance. They were judged for their objective viewpoint of reporting the news. So hold the women to the same standard! Forget how they might look in bed, and concentrate on their reporting of substantive news.