How Do You Rate Media Coverage of Sotomayor?

A colleague asked me whether I thought this Washington Post article by Amy Goldstein on soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is sexist. I read it over twice–it’s long!–and thought it was quite engaging. It told me a few things I hadn’t seen elsewhere about Sotomayor’s life and personality. It reveals self-doubts that might not have been pointed out in an article about a male candidate. In fact, now that I think of it, I don’t recall such a focus on insecurities in profiles of powerful men–is there someone who’d like to do a quantitative analysis of that question?

The Women’s Media Center’s Media Justice for Sotomayor campaign is posted below. It has some egregious examples of racism and sexism from shortly after she was nominated. How do you think the media has performed during the actual hearings so far?

I’d love to know what you think. Please share examples if you have them, along with your opnion.

1 Comment

  1. Gloria Feldt on July 17, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    Some comments I’ve received via Facebok:
    Kelley Bell
    I’m just glad to have a wise woman on her way to The Court.

    Mia Jose
    Too much media coverage, she’ll have a lot to prove once it’s over.

    Elizabeth F. Kaplan
    Sorry, I stopped watching the kabuki puppet show a long time ago.

    Sonja Sommers -Milbourn
    I’ve been watching the C-Span coverage of her confirmation hearing…

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