Sister Sage's Musings ยป US cable news http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 US cable and the contraception debate. Male guests dominate the airwaves 2 to 1 over females. http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/12/us-cable-and-the-abortion-debate-male-guests-dominate-2-to-1-over-women/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/12/us-cable-and-the-abortion-debate-male-guests-dominate-2-to-1-over-women/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:09:44 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=11749

Last week, at the height of the kerfuffle over Obama’s regulation to include free birth control in health insurance plans, cable news networks featured an overwhelming number of males.

Out of a total of 146 guests who discussed contraception, the cables invited 91 men compared to 55 women as commentators. In other words, . . . → Read More: US cable and the contraception debate. Male guests dominate the airwaves 2 to 1 over females.]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2012/02/12/us-cable-and-the-abortion-debate-male-guests-dominate-2-to-1-over-women/feed/ 0