Reality TV shows from “The Anna Nicole Show” to “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” specialize in depicting women as imbeciles, Jennifer Pozner writes in this excerpt of her new book “Reality Bites Back.”
A recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal promotes the idea that men are essentially violent and women just have to learn to deal with it. Media critic Jennifer L. Pozner calls it a dangerous response to the problem of sex assault.
Had the media covered the policy with the scrutiny it deserved, the global gag rule may well have been overturned last week in Congress. But the media overlooked its infringement on international free speech rights and potential damage to reporting.
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