The Washington Times, 2007 11 18

FORUM: Gender pay gap myths and Elections 2008

A headline by Reuters on Nov. 7 was startling and certainly newsworthy: “Female U.S. corporate directors out-earn men: study.” Yet, one full week later there was no newspaper coverage of this politically incorrect report, though the study was based on 25,000 corporate directors at 3,200 companies with female directors being an 8-to-1 minority.

The Reuters report stands in stark contrast to the politically correct — but empirically incorrect — Associated Press story that blanketed the nation on April 23, 2007. The AP story was based on the advocacy press release of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) that claimed after one year out of college women earned 20 percent less than men and that the gap widened 10 years later to 31 percent. The AP did not tell the nation that statistical analyses accompanying the press release reduced the two purported gaps to 5 percent and 12 percent respectively (http://www.aauw.org/research/upload/behindPayGap.pdf)…. ([1] Full Story)
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Note by F4L: The report proves that recent national front-page coverage based on the AAUW claim (fully endorsed by Hillary Clinton and a major issue used in her appeal to women voters) is nothing but a big hoax. (See also related information at F4L: [2] Pay equity for women doesn’t exist?)