Talk about bizarre! --- Here's an article in the MSM that is NOT anti-Clinton.

[Rageneau]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-obama_thinkjan27,0,1870901.story

It is indeed hard to find any story in the corporate media that does not insult or excoriate the Clintons these days. Look for yourself and see if you can find one. The press almost universally hates Hillary.

That's not surprising, since we all know how noble and honest America's MSM is, and how sincerely they look after our best interests. Obviously, they are attempting to destroy Hillary's candidacy for our own good. And they've been pretty consistent at it, up to this very day.

But this story is a real anomaly. Not only does it NOT bash Hillary, it suggests that most of the MSM have been bashing her far too much, partly because of plain old sexism.

[Tom Rinaldo]

1. Some one has to get to that reporter, she's not playing with the team n/t

[sfam]

2. We'll make sure the Tribune is reported to the MSM Enforcement Commission...

Only one positive article so far, ey? How long - you mean in the last day, or are you meaning a longer time period? Do endorsements from MSM papers count? If so, you can go to Hillary's website to find some.

[Rageneau]

4. I mean articles, not endorsements.

Every Hillary basher knows that she is the tool of industry and a slave to corporate lobbyists (as well as a war-monger) so it is not surprising that some of the nation's newspapers are endorsing her.

But nobody pays any attention to endorsements by newspapers. What they pay attention to is the constant drumming of anti-Hillary sentiment, dozens of times every day, from just about every single mainstream (and, of course, right-wing) media outlet. Literally, a feeding frenzy.

Against that, this article from the Tribune and Krugman's piece yesterday are the only MSM articles I have seen in the last week that could be considered pro- (or even fair to) Hillary.

[sfam]

5. Huffington Post regularly has them, but perhaps they aren't MSM...

[MADem]

3. A taste, for those too lazy to click: it IS a good read.

Sexism is dealing Clinton a bad hand
We pick her apart, pouncing on the superficial

A few months ago, a colleague posed this question: "Let's say the Democratic race comes down to Obama and Clinton. Who do you think could win?"

"Obama," I answered, without hesitating. "Definitely."...he told me I was crazy. "You think this country would elect a black man before a white woman?"...He was surprised, he told me, not by Barack Obama's ascendancy, but by the media's treatment of Hillary Clinton. I wasn't surprised at all, I told him. But I was royally ticked off.....And so we did what we've always done to women who overstep their bounds: We picked her apart, piece by piece, ignoring the substance and pouncing on the superficial. We sniped about her hair, her laugh, her pantsuits, her voice (which Chris Matthews, MSNBC's resident blowhard, likened to "nails on a blackboard").

In other words, we resorted to every cheap trick in the book. And virtually no one called us on it. Gloria Steinem wrote a blistering Op-Ed on the subject for The New York Times. And several women's groups demanded apologies from Matthews for his numerous idiotic comments. But for the most part, the onslaught has gone unchecked, because women have remained largely silent.

Which is weird, when you consider that we Americans love finding commonalities with our politicians.

Part of this means we want a juicy, identifiable, personal story from our candidates (just make sure it's not too juicy). Have you conquered an addiction? Risen from poverty? Congratulations! We want to hear all about it (as long as it doesn't involve sex)....

[NastyRiffraff]

6. uh-oh! She's WAY off the reservation

Hillary isn't my candidate, but I've watched and read over the years, subtle and overt misogyny directed against Clinton. Reeves is right: if the same kind of invective were racist instead of sexist there would have been a loud, and justified, outcry.

Tweety is only one example, and he's too easy because he has a BIG problem with powerful women and a history of insulting them. But it's not limited to him.

[tandem5]

7. thanks for posting that nt

[creeksneakers2]

8. K & R

[Beacool]

9. Thank you Ms. Reaves!!!!!!

It has been sexist. I've heard more misogynist remarks over the last months directed at her than questions of her stand on the issues. As a woman, this is very disheartening!!!!