Super Bowl Ads: Anti-Abortion Commercial to Air

ABC.com’s Brinda Adhikari interviews NOW Vice President Erin Matson about the anti-choice ad paid for by Focus on the Family that will air on Super Bowl Sunday: “This would be a break from tradition for the broadcast television networks, all of which ha…

CBS Willing To Air More Super Bowl Advocacy Ads

The Associated Press reports on CBS’ “sudden” change of heart in reversing their long-standing policy on advocacy commercials during the Super Bowl: “CBS responded to complaints over a conservative group’s planned Super Bowl ad featuring football star Ti…

Women’s groups protest Tim Tebow’s pro-life Super Bowl ad for Focus on the Family

New York Daily News’ Joe Tacopino reports about NOW and Women’s Media Center’s protest against the anti-choice ad by the group Focus on the Family to be aired during the Super Bowl game: “Several women’s groups have argued that the spot, which is believ…

Coakley’s Stunning Gender Gap

The Daily Beast’s Dana Goldstein interviewed NOW Massachusetts President Christina Knowles about the tight race US Senate race in Massachusetts: “If Martha Coakley loses Tuesday in the special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, Democrats and pr…

Women Writers: Late-Night’s Real Problem

Comedy writers — male and female — dish about the strange, men-only world of late-night TV. By Lynn Harris for Salon.