8. "Sharon Bialek accuses Cain of "sexually inappropriate" behavior"

Recently in the reading, the book talked about how the media gives more attention to stories with high drama. A recent event is a perfect example of this.

"A Chicago woman accused Herman Cain on Monday of trying to get sexual favors more than a decade ago in exchange for his help finding her a new job just after she had lost her post at an arm of the restaurant association he was then running.

The woman, Sharon Bialek, is the fourth woman who has accused Cain of sexually inappropriate behavior in the late 1990s and the first to go public with her charges. She outlined her story at a high-profile New York City press conference at the Friars Club."

This story has received a lot of coverage. In 2010, there were 11,717 charges of sexual harassment filed with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,) and FEPA (Fair Employment Practices agencies.) Not many, if any, of these charges were shown on the news, and those that were shown on news, where shown to nowhere near the extent. That is, unless someone of notability was involved.


http://eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/enforcement/sexual_harassment.cfm
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57319854-503544/sharon-bialek-accuses-cain-of-sexually-inappropriate-behavior/?tag=contentMain;contentBody