Foreign Coverage?

From a series at Salon.com described as "The latest installment of a continuing series in which American events are described using the tropes and tone normally employed by the American media to describe events in other countries" comes the following analysis of the NY Times/Abramson firing debacle:

"Once considered a regional media outlet for the city whose name it still anachronistically bears, the New York Times has long been a national force, though it is primarily consumed by the economic elites who cluster in the coastal metropolitan areas of this economically stratified country...Reports have since emerged that Abramson may have been paid less than her male predecessor, and that some in the paper’s leadership may have resented her aggressive style. While the laws of this rapidly modernizing country outlaw gender discrimination in compliance with international norms, inequalities rooted in centuries-old patriarchal practices still persist, even in elite institutions, and those who challenge these unwritten rules can face severe backlash." - Josh Keating via Slate

That's right folks! "Inequalities rooted in centuries-old patriarchal practices still persist, even in elite institutions..." and we should all be ashamed. #Pushy.

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