Anastasia Pantsios, a lifelong journalist, does a great job in Ohio Daily Blog‘s post, “A Disturbing Pattern” with the subject of how the Cleveland Plain Dealer‘s primary endorsements for 12 newly-created elected positions read as gender-biased reviews though the motivation seems unintentional. But just because there is no intention does not mean that there is no bias. It should be revealed and filtered out, or otherwise acknowledged and/or controlled for.
Coming on the heels of Politico completely fudging its coverage of political bloggers who run for office, the hits just keep on coming. Why bring up all this institutional but unintentional sexism and gender bias in journalism? Because it matters.
Read the full blog post here.