Do male candidates get more coverage than women? It's complicated.

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TV networks spent more time on Beto O’Rourke than Elizabeth Warren. The question is why.
By Anna North Mar 29, 2019, 12:10pm EDT

A Vanity Fair cover. Reporters mobbing campaign stops. Multiple references to “stardom.”

That’s the reception that greeted Beto O’Rourke in the days leading up to and following the announcement of his campaign for the presidency. All this happened despite the fact that O’Rourke is a former member of Congress without a detailed platform, whose main claim to fame is losing a long-shot Senate race.

Some of his female opponents in the Democratic primary, meanwhile, have come out with well-thought-out policy proposals bolstered by years in nationwide office. But to some observers, they haven’t gotten the same star treatment as O’Rourke.

“We have four highly qualified women senators all from incredibly different backgrounds, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they’re not getting the same traction and enthusiasm in the media as the male candidates,” says Amanda Hunter, research and communications director at the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, which works on women’s representation in politics.

FULL story: https://www.vox.com/2019/3/29/18285563/elizabeth-warren-beto-orourke-sanders-2020-gender

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1. It's not complicated

The white guy will always get more coverage regardless of qualifications because misogyny.

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2. It's about new and entertaining... Beto is new and entertaining, AOC also is.

The word ‘new’ is in the word ‘news’ and Elizabeth warren in not new.

AOC is getting 10,000 times more coverage than all the male first year congressmen combined..and rightly so.