The media and sexism.

[ccharles000]

Do you think the media was sexist in its reporting of Hillary? I think there was sexism in the medias reporting.

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“The media took a very sexist approach to Senator Clinton’s campaign,” Mr. Dean said in a recent interview.

Cable television has come under the most criticism. Chris Matthews, a host on MSNBC, called Mrs. Clinton a “she-devil” and said she had gotten as far as she had only because her husband had “messed around.”

Mike Barnicle, a panelist on MSNBC, said that Mrs. Clinton was “looking like everyone’s first wife standing outside a probate court.” Tucker Carlson, also on MSNBC, said, “When she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs.”

Ken Rudin, an editor at National Public Radio, appeared on CNN, where he equated Mrs. Clinton with the actress Glenn Close in “Fatal Attraction.” “She’s going to keep coming back, and they’re not going to stop her," Mr. Rudin said. He later apologized.





http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/politics/13women.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Hillary+Clinton+sexism&st=nyt&oref=slogin

[realisticphish]

1. yes

that isn't to say she didn't have her faults, and i didn't really support her, but there was definitely a focus on how "cold" she was, in other words, "unwomanly."

[lligrd]

2. What Is Sexist About Being Cold?

Aren't women as able as men to be cold?

[realisticphish]

3. yes, they are

that's the point. they focused on her supposed coldness as if it were unwomanly, which is pretty much what i said in the first message

[lligrd]

5. I'm A Woman And A Feminist And I Never Saw That

I never saw the media portray her unfairly at all. In fact, she got a lift from her crying that a male candidate would probably not enjoy.

I did see a few, (very few) sexist comments from individuals but not from the media.

[realisticphish]

6. i'm not saying that there were explicit comments

but racism, sexism, and other isms are rarely perpetuated by explicit comments. More about the attitude, the subtext. I'm not saying that there was an organized anti-female plot, but I got a definite vibe that she was analyzed for her emotions far more than Obama. That, to me, is sexist. But whatever :shrug:

[ccharles000]

7. I agree.

[H2O Man]

4. Other.

The media includes everything from cable tv to newspapers to bloggers. There is a huge range in the quality of reporting among each of these, and the combined total range -- from very good to Fox -- makes it difficult to give a "yes" or "no" answer to this.

Was there a significant amount of sexist reporting in parts of the media? Absolutely. Some of it was intentional, and some of it was the unintentional exposure of the deeply rooted sexist belief systems of the men and women journalists, guests on shows, etc.

[BlooInBloo]

8. From the media? Of course there was.

[Lilith Velkor]

9. Nice boob shot in that article

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