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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Todd Akin

1. August 24, 2012 06:50 AM

   Akin was wrong

   And journalists should've said so from the get-go, rather than simply reporting his comment

   By Jennifer Vanasco

   In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. One of the biggest surprises about US Rep. Todd Akin’s comments on rape was how long it took most mainstream media to state the obvious: Akin is wrong. In case you missed it, Akin, who is the Republican Congressman running for the Missouri Senate, told...

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2. August 23, 2012 11:46 AM

   Backstory: the reporter who interviewed Akin

   The Jaco Report reconsiders the moment

   By Mike Hoyt

   As transitions go, it was pretty jagged, a classic of the “moving right along” category. Answering a question about abortion in the case of rape, Todd Akin, the 65-year Missouri congressman and current candidate for the US Senate, says: First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it is a legitimate rape, the female body...

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3. August 28, 2012 10:52 AM

   Stories I’d like to see

   How would a woman "prove" rape to qualify for Romney's abortion exception?

   By Steven Brill

   In the wake of the Todd Akin firestorm, Mitt Romney and a flip-flopping Paul Ryan have emphasized that their anti-choice stance excludes rape. In a Romney administration, abortions would be outlawed except in the case of women who have been raped, the Republican ticket has promised. So here's an idea, first suggested by my daughter and one of her friends:...

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4. September 21, 2012 01:14 PM

   The bogeyman is back!

   The Columbia Daily Tribune digs up the $716 billion Medicare scare

   By Trudy Lieberman

   Aw come on! We would have thought by now the $716 billion Medicare bogeyman was dead and buried. Maybe not. The Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune proves us wrong, dragging out that canard about Obama and the Dems cutting billions from Medicare. CJR and others have pointed out that the 2010 health reform law called for cuts in future reimbursements to...

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