Murdoch Meltdown

[DanaC]

What I find slightly frustrating about someone like Brooks is that she made it in a very male world, and then used that to perpetuate a famously misogynistic workplace and publication. She actively encouraged journalists to refer to women in tabloid guy speak. As one former employee recalls:

Attitudes towards women - never thought of as particularly enlightened at The Sun, a paper still famous for its topless page 3 models - did not improve under Brooks, Taggart said.

''We were regularly encouraged to refer to women with misogynistic names like 'tarts', 'slappers' or 'hookers' in our copy if there was conceivably any question mark over their sexual proclivities,'' he said.

''We were expected to childishly objectify women. So blonde-haired women were described as 'beauties' and generously chested women 'looked swell'. ''


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[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by DanaC

The Sun, a paper still famous for its topless page 3 models - did not improve under Brooks

Who cares, it sold paper, and it is a business. If a subset bought it only for that or because it add a little something to the purchase, more power to them.