Sexist coverage of Hillary brings women to her corner

[RamboLiberal]

News organizations often publish photos of Hillary Clinton, above, that make her look crazy, while pictures of Barack Obama, left, portray him as cool and reflective.

The Clintons were rightly indignant about MSNBC reporter David Shuster saying they had “pimped out” 27-year-old Chelsea by helping her campaign and calling Democratic superdelegates on behalf of her mother, Hillary.

No word on what they think about MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson saying that whenever Hillary comes on television, “I involuntarily cross my legs.” He first said this last summer when his producer talked about a Clinton doll advertised on the Web site HillaryNutcracker.com. It features “serrated stainless steel thighs that, well, crack nuts,” said producer Willie Geist, who introduced the story this way: “I think the metaphor in this next story, Tucker, is pretty clear.” Then came Carlson’s “cross my legs” response.

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Take a look at the pictures news outlets run (shown here). Typically, Hillary looks like a crazy person, her mouth agape, her eyes as bug-eyed as the runaway bride’s. Meanwhile, Barack Obama typically looks cool, calm, collected - or, better yet, pensive and reflective.

Look at the constant references to the struggling, older white women and the struggling, younger single women (as if they’re somehow sawed-off, unfulfilled and slightly pathetic) who are going to vote for her.

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I am no Hillary fan. But I know exactly why so many women get enraged at this. So keep it up Chris, Tucker, David, et al. You’ll elect her yet.

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1072505&srvc=home&position=recent


Point taken: News organizations often publish photos of Hillary Clinton that make her look crazy ...


... while Barack Obama pictures portray him as cool and reflective.

My first pick now as a candidate is Obama but I agree completely with the article and am glad Hillary is pointing this out.

[robbedvoter]

1. In 2000, Murdoch was posting bad front page pics of her almost daily

during her senate run. After she won, he was so depressed this didn't work, he gave his son the daily run of the paper.

[JTFrog]

2. Sometimes that's just the way pics come out.

Not everyone can be photogenic without all the right makeup and lights. I mean look at Rupert, he looks happy as hell, but he looks like shit.

[RamboLiberal]

3. One thing I will say - I wondered if most photographers

or photo editors were Dems cause I swear they published a lot of silly photos of Bush. Of course Chimpy may be hard to get a good photo of.

[robbedvoter]

5. NYT - the most liberal part of the paper - page one photo

But they hound Hillary in search for the bad shot - the boys club of all persuasions. before NH - all tabloids in NYC had one bad shot sold as "angry Hill" - even though she looked like she was smiling. because the press knew - if it's after Iowa, it must me "SCREAM" time

[robbedvoter]

4. True! Look at this one (kinda trumps yours, doesn't it?):