media bias
If the 20-Week Abortion Ban is So Important to the People of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Why Are Most of the Protestors from Outside?
reader diary by Ryan Swanek
May 7, 2011 - 1:20pm (Print)
While local news establishments claim, ala Fox News, that a 20-week abortion ban is a priority of the people of Council Bluffs, Iowa, only 34 people showed up to a rally in favor of the ban, many of whom were not from Council Bluffs... or even from Iowa. Meanwhile a local news reporter is seen hugging a leading anti-choice organizer.
Morning Roundup: Planned Parenthood's Truth Tour Underway
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
March 9, 2011 - 11:05am (Print)
Planned Parenthood is touring the country in a hot pink bus to rally support, a march for women's equality in Egypt turns sexually violent, and men in Texas don't want to play politics with forcing ultrasounds. Except that is exactly what they are doing.
Morning Roundup: Arizona Seeks to Ban Race and Sex Selection
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
February 2, 2011 - 10:34am (Print)
Arizona looks at banning race and sex selection abortions, despite the fact that it makes no sense, young women infected with HIV are more likely to become pregnant and have complications, hearings scheduled on the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," and women are a separate species - an unexplainable one at that.
"Name It, Change It" Calls Out Rampant Campaign Sexism
A new campaign focuses on the intentional and unintentional sexism rampant in reporting on and treatment of female candidates, even by those in their own party.
When Reporter's Biases Attack
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
September 15, 2010 - 6:15am (Print)
The Associated Press released one heck of a correction on a story today.
The NYT Issue on Women: A Larger Media Perspective
September 10, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
