Though-out the decades, Many women have been objectified but due to the movement of feminism and the over turn of the male superiority has changed how males are viewed in news media, We start to see a change of attractive females hosting the news to attractive males being objectified by women.
Evidence: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/22/tv-news-hotties-which-ny_n_242890.html?slidenumber=12
In fact we not only see this in new media we also start to see this in all visual media. We see males being objectified by their looks and because of this are taken less seriously by women. This re-enforces the idea of of the "Female Gaze". We see this take tolls on how males act in all types of media, we see males trying to convey serious issues in the news and in TV shows which have deeper meanings but we only see them typecast to fit the female benefit. This is where I believe males are placed into the role of being objectified and not being taken seriously enough.We can all see this by the links below where males are being rated on how they look instead of being judge on their ideas and their contributions, We in fact see them objectified by their looks and how they act instead of their contributions to their society. This is where i believe is the worst type of objectification in visual and news media. We see hard working males contribute their lives to make courageous acts of kindness only to be put down by the media by how they look.
Serious male actors getting typecast:
http://www.connectingsingles.com/top-10-list-175-top-ten-hottest-males-celebrities.htm
male newscaster being objectified:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/22/tv-news-hotties-which-ny_n_242890.html
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