Election 2012 coverage: another gender gap

Looking at US election coverage, The Fourth Estate, a new project that monitors 2012 election coverage for various influences, found that women accounted for 13 percent of sources quoted. On TV, they made up 16 percent. Indeed, particularly given this political season’s various “wars on women”. In debates particularly relevant to women—on abortion, birth control, Planned Parenthood, and women’s rights—the numbers, while slightly better, are still stunningly low.