The article "Can Real Women Rock the Trends?," featured in the Courier-Journal's online "news" section, not only objectified women with their fashion choices (i.e., women of smaller sizes shouldn't wear junior clothes just because they can), but also favored those who specifically specialized in the fashion industry. Of the women interviewed, none had a description anywhere near "working house mother" or "single lawyer." All had experience in the fashion industry, not to mention the money to pay for the rather pricey garments. One of them (who will remain anonymous for personal reasons) was even forced by her manager to participate in the article for the publicity of their business. "They [Courier-Journal representatives] came...and asked for an employee to do it [pose for a picture] and my manager told me I had to do it," she explains with a roll of her eyes.
On top of all of that, a clear grammatical error showed through towards the end of the frankly short article ("to flashy" should be "too flashy"). While scanning through other articles, another simple grammatical error was revealed in the most recent story about the JBS slaughterhouse violations. Clearly, the Courier-Journal has violated basic laws of journalism that all journalists, print or broadcast, should abide by. Publishing this, and other unimportant stories like the Bradgelina wedding and the Maroon 5 concert at the KFC Yum Center are a clear violation of the first basic yardstick of journalism, according to gradethenews.org. Nothing about these articles are newsworthy. The Courier-Journal should stop publishing biased fashion articles and celebrity updates, and start writing more about important issues, like the ceasefire in Gaza or the JBS slaughterhouse violations (or, if anything, stop publishing those stories under the "news" heading of the website on the front page). Stuff like that is what affects people's lives on a long term basis, not unattainable clothing choices and celebrity weddings. As stated in the seventh principle of journalism, "make the important interesting, not the interesting important."Note: Pictures/article clips taken from courier-journal.com, pictures taken by Matt Stone, article written by Christine Fellingham
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