"The public's perception of Hillary Clinton"
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I thought Larry Wilmore had a really good discussion(defense?) of Hillary on the Nightly Show's opening segment last night. Full disclosure: I am a Sanders supporter, but this was one of the better takes I've seen on her and how the public and media seem to be reacting to her. Interested to hear other's take.
www.cc.com/shows/the-nightly-show
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vocabulary has become a problem for the media. How to do..., how to do...
It's resulted in some interesting twists, such as extravagantly lauding Trump and many others as "authentic" -- so that Hillary can be pillaried for phoniness. That's not a sexist slur, right? Oh, wait -- "phony" IS. I meant "inauthentic."
Or twisting a poll to suggest the first words that come to "voters" minds (after reading them off a list) are "liar," "untrustworthy," and "dishonest" and then "quoting" those words everywhere from 24/7 on CBS to Drudge. Can't be charged with gender attacks for just repeating what others say after all...
We'd know what to think if HRC were described as "pushy," "aggressive," "ambitious," "stubborn," "bossy," but...how about just plain "unlikeable." That one's not been attached to pushy, ambitious women yet, has it?
OH, yes it has -- by social scientists who've identified a "likability gap." Whereas power and likability are positively correlated for men, the opposite is true for women. The more powerful a female gets, the less she is liked.
So,Hillary's "unlikable," as every mainstream medium reports at least once and many several times a day. What could be sexist about that?
