By Daddy Clay Monday, January 25th, 2010

For the most part, the media coverage of the recent Pew Research study on the changing gender balance in household earnings has been pretty odd. As I ranted about on the live show, no less than three media outlets decided to frame the new study by pointing out that marriage is now much more beneficial to men than ever before. Making this study about men is like making the Tiger Woods story about the tree. Sure that’s what got hit, but is it really the lead?

Given how brain-dead most reporting is these days (warmed over press-releases anyone?), I’m guessing that the reporters for mainstream media all went with the angle that was pitched to them by the study’s authors.  Why would the authors try to make this about men?  Maybe they were fishing around for controversy to get greater pickup.  I understand the strategy. But I think this angle did the interesting data a disservice. Read the rest of this entry »

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