Africa | South Africa | Media

Really Bic? South Africa sends mixed messages to women, even on National Women’s Day

When it's National Women's Day in South Africa and you're a multinational corporation trying to reach, well, South African women, you might be advised to focus on women. But that's not how Bic South Africa went about it. A controversial ad on their Facebook page tried to graft a stereotypical Y chromosome onto a stereotypical X chromosome: A beautiful, young, smiling woman in a suit gazes out. The accompanying copy: "Look like a girl. Act like a lady. Think like a man. Work like a boss." "I did a double-take," says journalist Pearl Boshomane of The Sunday Times in South Afri

North America | United States | Media

CNN Anchor Refers to Dallas Gunman’s Actions as ‘Courageous and Brave’

Source: Mediaite

During a discussion on the Dallas Police headquarters shooting this afternoon, CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield appears to have really misspoken in referring to the gunman’s actions as “courageous and brave.” Whitfield was speaking to CNN legal analyst Philip Holloway when she said this: “It was very courageous and brave, if not crazy as well, to open fire on the police headquarters, and now you have this scene, this standoff. So you believe these are the hallmarks of more than one person’s involvement.”