And by the way, the continued talk of "Mrs. Clinton's rival" does NOT settle my doubts about Mrs. Clinton's ongoing intent here.
Side note: as an ex-photography fiend, the photograph accompanying the article is well chosen. It's looks like a bunch of folks interviewing Mrs. Clinton's mammaries.
Critics and News Executives Split Over Sexism in Clinton Coverage
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and JULIE BOSMAN
Angered by what they consider sexist news coverage of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, many women and erstwhile Clinton supporters are proposing boycotts of the cable networks, putting up videos on a “Media Hall of Shame,” starting a national conversation about sexism and pushing Mrs. Clinton’s rival, Senator Barack Obama, to address the matter.
But many in the news media — with a few exceptions, including Katie Couric, the anchor of the “CBS Evening News” — see little need for reconsidering their coverage or changing their approach going forward. Rather, they say, as the Clinton campaign fell behind, it exploited a few glaring examples of sexist coverage to whip up a backlash and to try to create momentum for Mrs. Clinton.
Phil Griffin, senior vice president of NBC News and the executive in charge of MSNBC, a particular target of criticism, said that although a few mistakes had been made, that they had been corrected quickly and that the network’s overall coverage was fair.
“I get it, that in this 24-hour media world, you’ve got to be on your game and there’s very little room for mistakes,” Mr. Griffin said. “But the Clinton campaign saw an opportunity to use it for their advantage. They were trying to rally a certain demographic, and women were behind it.”
His views were echoed by other news media figures. “She got some tough coverage at times, but she brought that on herself, whether it was the Bosnian snipers or not conceding on the night of the final primaries,” said Rem Rieder, editor of American Journalism Review. “She had a long track record in public life as a serious person and a tough politician, and she was covered that way.”
Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, said: “I have not had a lot of regretful conversations with high-ranking media types and political reporters about how unfair their coverage of the Hillary Clinton campaign was.”
Among journalists, he added, the coverage “does not register as a mistake that must not be allowed to happen again.”
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I enjoyed the part in the
I enjoyed the part in the article where unnamed Clinton partisans are urging Obama to address sexism just as he did racism. I wonder why they didn't urge Sr. Hillary and Br. Bill to address sexism during the campaign? I'm sure that Sr. Hillary's supporters, "hardworking Americans, white Americans" in Pennsylvania, for example, would have enjoyed hearing a speech from her about sexism especially given the degree of domestic violence that goes on in that state.
How about that? I
How about that?
I specifically ignored Kristoff's op-ed advising Obama on what should be in just such a speech because he knew damn well what he suggested would be rejected out of hand as soon as Obama said it.
My wife chaired the Domestic
My wife chaired the Domestic Violence Task Force in Pennsylvania for several years and the inside stories I heard from her about the most publicized incidents of domestic violence were enough to nearly make me weep at times. Domestic violence is a serious problem in Pennsylvania. "Hard working Americans, white Americans" in Pennsylvania are not going to listen to a black man talking about this issue. Sr. Hillary should have provided them with their come to Jesus moments.
Obama should definitely be
Obama should definitely be taken out of this mess. The most sexist thing he did to Hillary was pull her chair out, and of course, that's not being sexist, that's being polite. And I don't hear these women addressing racialized sexist attacks against Michelle.
This is all about a bunch of racists who're looking for any excuse not to vote for the black man. Or, the black woman, I might add, since I haven't heard any of them throwing support to McKinney.
There ya go.
Got it on the very first try and made it look easy. Good job.
"...since I haven't heard
"...since I haven't heard any of them throwing support to McKinney..."
C'mon, Littleman, let's cut these folks a little slack.
Okay. First, I'm a woman.
Okay. First, I'm a woman. Young. But a woman.
Second, it's hard to cut them any slack when they so self-righteously call everybody sexist but can't see Clinton's sexism against Barack. Let alone their race-baiting. And these are supposed to be the most politically attuned - why not vote for Cynthia McKinney?
But, mostly, I grow impatient with people who're behaving in a blatantly racist manner and refuse to see it.
And thanks, Quaker.
"Okay. First, I'm a woman.
"Okay. First, I'm a woman. Young. But a woman."
Sorry, my mistake. I don't know why I thought I was responding to a post from Littleman. I guess I was having a senior moment.
I won't retract about Cynthia McKinney, though.
Apology accepted. As far
Apology accepted.
As far cutting them a little slack? Let me sleep on it.