NBC Cheers Feminist Magazine’s Campaign to Photoshop Men from Pictures of Elected Officials
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'Closing out Thursday’s NBC Nightly News, the evening newscast found it pertinent to tout a new campaign by the British edition of the liberal feminist magazine Elle to photoshop men out of pictures of elected officials in an effort to promote the global need for more women in office.
Anchor Lester Holt led into correspondent Stephanie Gosk’s piece by admitting that “it’s one thing to talk about the gap in power between men and women” but “another to see it before your eyes.” He continued by explaining that this represents “the idea behind a thought-provoking new campaign that’s making its point with the help from photoshop.”
Passing it off as free press (pun intended) for Elle, Gosh explained that the publication “assembled and doctored” various pictures of elected officials that include the United Kingdom’s parliament to show there’s “some pretty lonely women at the top.” Adding that “[t]he statement Elle is making is loud and clear,” Gosk also promoted a companion video that has “lit up the internet” with “[e]ight million people [having] shared the hashtag more women.”'
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