Hannah Miller
- : Philadelphia, PA
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The House Judiciary Committee meets. So it goes.
The House Judiciary committee met yesterday to revisit the infamous "Torture Memos" written by John Yoo and David Addington. I was lucky enough to be there, so I must write about it. These are the memos are the one with...more »
Posted on June 27, 2008 2:52 PM
The House Judiciary Committee. So it goes.
The House Judiciary committee met yesterday to revisit the infamous "Torture Memos" written by John Yoo and David Addington. I was lucky enough to be there, so I must write about it. These are the memos are the one with...more »
Posted on June 27, 2008 2:39 PM
The Ironic Points of Light Flash Out
I’ve been thinking about Lyndon Baines Johnson a lot lately. And I don’t even know why yet. The war….the war…but the 1968 election too....more »
Posted on June 22, 2008 3:00 PM
A Call for Leadership from American Journalism
The second most troubling thing to emerge from the Democratic presidential primary this year was the eruption of media sexism, or perceived media sexism, in the treatment of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. A genuine feeling of grievance about unfair, biased,...more »
Posted on June 9, 2008 4:56 PM
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Hello - Thanks for your comments, all - but as I tried to make clear, this is not about the campaigns themselves, or who won or who lost.
This is about the media's failure to take seriously a very disturbing charge that hints at a failure of the most basic principles of journalism. If people who write and report the news do not think gender-based bias is a problem, or are too arrogant to look at themselves honestly, then feminism is simply going to have to deal with this somehow. Either by organizing from within the media, or I dunno... starting our own outlets entirely, like the right did with FOX.
Obviously, I wrote this primarily for the reporters, editors, producers, etc. who read this page. And I also think that there are a lot of print journalists who could be held to as much scrutiny as the talking heads, BTW.
Posted at June 15, 2008 5:07 PM in response to A Call for Leadership from American Journalism
