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Two years from now, Hillary Clinton might be pleased to hear the kind of boos and antiwar chants that greeted her in mid-June when she spoke at the annual Take Back America conference of Democratic activists and argued against a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. But so much of politics is about timing. And right […]
The scheduled speech by Sen. Hillary Clinton at the “Take Back America 2006” conference in Washington on June 13 is likely to intensify discussion about her relationship with the progressive grassroots of the Democratic Party. Many weeks ago the conference sponsor, the Campaign for America’s Future, sent out an email telling prospective attendees: “As in […]
The June 1st broadcast of CNN‘s “Larry King Live” show featured celebrity reporters and fashion journalists discussing a famous American woman’s most salient features. “She has a bad figure. She’s bottom heavy and her legs are short,” reported CNN‘s style editor, Elsa Klensch. But, “she’s making the most of it,” by “seeking high-end fashion advice […]
Journalists pride themselves on presenting “both sides” of a story. But if establishment media can decide which positions get to take part in debate, then telling “both sides” may be a way of keeping news consumers on the outside.
Hillary Clinton has been victimized by social expectations and political traditions that are still remarkably sexist in their prescription of what women can and cannot do–and the sexist biases of news organizations helped fuel this phenomenon.
