Will Washington Postss “Next Great Pundit Contest” Alter Gender Disparity in Op-Ed Pages?
Will Washington Posts’s “Next Great Pundit Contest” Alter Gender Disparity in Op-Ed Pages? Monday November 2, 2009#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) On the surface, the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit Contest” seems to be taking steps to correct a terrible gender inequity that stares at us from the pages of major American dailies — the lack of female voices on the op-ed page. This is an ongoing issue and was a big bone of contention back in 2005 when syndicated columnist Susan Estrich got into a shouting match with then-editor of the Los Angeles Times Michael Kinsley over this inequity. At that time, WaPo noted the discrepancy be
