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I'm curious if this is not only an effect, but also a cause. If the news reports that it is unusual for women to be in computing, doesn't that in a small way r

• ars 16y ago
  So basically you want newsweek to lie in order to promote a social cause? Because right now it is unusual, so that is how they should report it. Isn't that called propaganda, and is the job of the government and ad agencies? (And they've both certainly done it successfully for plenty of causes they've decided were important.) Journalistic integrity is important - even if it goes against your social cause. This is a very common complaint about journalists, that by reporting on it, they are causing it. It might be a valid complaint, but any attempt to fix it makes it worse.
  • dannyb 16y ago
    I think that article was essentially a propaganda piece, albeit unintentionally. My guess is that Newsweek puts out blurbs like that in order to reach out to a targeted demographic, in this case women. The whole question of media bias really comes down to the bottom line. If a format of words plus carefully chosen images favored traditionally conservative causes (which for the most part they don't) there would be widespread complaints about right wing media bias. AS it is, I think there is very little remanent of journalistic ethics in mass media.
  • scott_s 16y ago
    It's unusual, but it's also obviously unusual. So, do you take the obvious story, or do you figure out something new? Not that I'd expect Newsweek to do anything else.