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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Gwen Ifill writes about Trash Talk Radio in a NYTimes Op-Ed piece.

Over at the Women's Media Center, Carol Jenkins suggests "How to Finally Answer Imus."
While punishing Imus—and his team—may give us the cathartic satisfaction the offenses seem to demand, what the incident really provides is a chance to take a close look at how women are treated—or mistreated—in the media generally. It’s a chance to explore, and finally silence, the angry, insulting, degrading offerings that pass for news/information/entertainment in the media—most egregiously radio, a medium that holds staggering statistics: 85-90% male management, and decisively male domination on the air. A lot of “atta boy” winking has been going on in this particular locker room for too long.