Breaking News: Media Still Sexist
This excellent ranticle by Heidi Cullinan (author of gay romance novels) articulates everything I hadn't quite thought of for myself about the way the Harlequin purchase by Murdoch has been covered in the media.
Briefly: The media, largely, regarded [the nearly half-billion-dollar sale of the leading firm in a billion dollar industry] as a women’s ( Read more... )
Briefly: The media, largely, regarded [the nearly half-billion-dollar sale of the leading firm in a billion dollar industry] as a women’s ( Read more... )
"A business that is, in the case of Harlequin for the time being, Canadian and apparently worth $455+ million dollars and will become - did you miss this part, Mr. Babad? This is kind of important, given that you're writing for a Canadian newspaper and this is a Canadian company we're talking about here - a subsidiary of an American publisher.
As I said on Twitter, do all nearly half-billion dollar acquisitions that change a Canadian company into an American subsidiary get written up as sex metaphors in The Globe and Mail?"
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/blog/media-coverage-of-the-harlequin-acquisition-it-could-be-worse.-no-actually
When one thinks of all that could have been said about Murdoch's past record as a businessman, and what has happened to companies which he's taken over, it is appalling that the coverage was at this level. But even if his track record was pristine, a transaction of such high value and which will affect the lives of thousands of people deserved to be treated seriously.
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All of which is to say that there were a dozen more valid, interesting and important ways to report this news than the way most outlet chose to report it.
I sometimes despair of the mainstream media ever learning, and then I take heart from the fact that the mainstream media is a dinosaur that just hasn't fallen over yet.
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