As talked about in another thread, I figured this needed some expanding today. Howard Dean came out in support of the accusiation that the media has been using sexist biases in this campaign, from CBS News:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/06/02/ politics/horserace/entry4146386.shtml
There has been an enormous amount of sexism in this campaign on the part of the media, including the mainstream media...there have been major networks that have featured numerous outrageous comments that if the words were reversed and they were about race, the people would have been fired....What you don't get over is deep wounds that have been inflicted on somebody because they happen to be a woman running for president of the United States.
Of course, this is in the wake of Keith Olbermann's comments re: Katie Couric, who came out and spoke to the true nature of the sexism in the media:
"One of the great lessons of [Hillary Clinton's] campaign is the continued and accepted role of sexism in American life, particularly in the media....It isn't just Hillary Clinton who needs to learn a lesson from this primary season -- it's all the people who crossed the line, and all the women and men who let them get away with it."
Keith Olbermann of course called her comments "nonsense", while naming her one the "worst person in the world", saying that there had been no pronounced sexism in the media whatsoever. Funny you talk about that Keith, considering you're the one who wants to take Hillary out back and make sure she "doesn't come out". But sexism doesn't exist? Really?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/12 /katie-couric-is-rubber-an_n_106714.html
. Tucker Carlson's crossed legs, Mike Barnicle's ex-wife at a probate court, David Shuster's big pimpin', Chris Matthews' comment about why, exactly, Clinton had been a success or wondering if a guy would find it hard to debate a woman or even Olbermann himself, musing about a possible way to "convince" Hillary Clinton to exit the race (over a month before it was actually over, by the way). I mean, not only was there a petition protesting sexism at the network, there was an actual real-live protest against MSNBC in Washington. So what's that about "nonsense" there, Keith?
And I guess we'll find out about the true nature of Keith Olbermann tonight. Since Katie Couric deserved the mantle of "Worst person in the world" because of her editorial in regards to sexism in the media, I guess Howard Dean will have to deserve it as well, since the "sexism charge is nonsense". But that's what you get with a journalist who decrys the "hype" of the national media and then buys right into it with this incident. But the judgement comes down on Keith tonight. Calling out a reporter and the media because of sexism when the said correspondant stated that he was having a "hard time being objective" does not make you the "Worst person in the world", but being a sexist does, Keith. We'll find out who you are tonight, will you call out Howard Dean, or remain strangely silent...again?
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