07/13/2010 by Julie Hollar/FAIR Blog
No, that’s not a typo: Only 1.6 percent of sports coverage on L.A.’s three major network affiliates went to women’s sports. On ESPN Sportscenter, it’s 1.4 percent. It’s just slightly higher when you add in ticker-tape coverage. And it’s getting worse, not better: Those numbers are down from about 5 percent in 1989.
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Women’s Sports Gets 1.6 Percent of Local TV News Sports Coverage
Wednesday, July 21st, 201007/13/2010 by Julie Hollar/FAIR Blog
Tags:ESPN, FAIR, Fred Rogan at KNBC, Jim Hill at KCBS, Michael Messner, women's sports
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