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97. Confessions of a Clinton reporter: The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary
Tue Jan 30, 2018, 10:15 PM
Jan 2018

Mahalo for the report, Pathwalker.

2) Every allegation, no matter how ludicrous, is believable until it can be proven completely and utterly false. And even then, it keeps a life of its own in the conservative media world.

https://www.vox.com/2015/7/6/8900143/hillary-clinton-reporting-rules

Not only "conservative"

This article is slanted hard against Hillary and doesn't acknowledge that TEN YEARS AGO pnwmom Jan 2018 #1
+1 dalton99a Jan 2018 #2
So ten years ago it was ago to sexually abuse women at work and cover it up? Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #3
Why would we expect anyone who proclaimed, in 1995, Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #11
Where is the outrage about two women being transferred R B Garr Jan 2018 #15
This particular conversation is about Clinton. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #23
This looks more like an excuse to excoriate Clinton because R B Garr Jan 2018 #24
Pay attention to what I'm saying, not what you think/wish/etc. I was saying. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #58
Okay, you are responding to that one reassignment element only. R B Garr Jan 2018 #61
I'm talking about both the transfer AND more specifically, the excuses being made on DU Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #70
Trying to accuse people of blindly rejecting "criticism" of her is just another excuse R B Garr Jan 2018 #73
This discussion is about Clinton, not about Bernie, Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #79
This is most definitely about Bernie because it is about double standards. R B Garr Jan 2018 #82
The GOP and Russia weaponized Hillary's name long ago. Hortensis Jan 2018 #65
Hortensis, I love this post. I hope that you resubmit it for Mrs. Toad since I see R B Garr Jan 2018 #75
:) Ms. Toad, Ms. Toad, Ms. Toad, whoo-hooo! Hortensis Jan 2018 #80
She could have handled it better, but she DID handle it. ismnotwasm Jan 2018 #86
Sexual harasser punished 10 yrs ago! Was it wrong? delisen Jan 2018 #40
Pay attention to what I am addressing. Not the strawman you wish I was addressing. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #59
Re: Transferring the the accuser to another position delisen Jan 2018 #64
Darn those non-disclosure agreements . . . that Clinton could waive. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #74
You write as if Strider was not disciplined. Demit Jan 2018 #81
Mahalo, delisen, for explaining how reality Cha Jan 2018 #88
Yours is like the 10th anecdote I've seen posted in last several days where the victim... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #93
Choice. You present anecdotal evidence of women who have suffered ptsd delisen Jan 2018 #105
No True Scotsman argument, huh? Demit Jan 2018 #83
Whataboutism Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #27
How banal. Hillary is the one targeted by the Russians. You should research R B Garr Jan 2018 #30
Straw man Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #33
Yes, double standards are a hypocritical strawman. When a man is not criticized R B Garr Jan 2018 #36
Yeah, men who rub on women and kiss their heads and send suggestive emails to subordinates... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #99
It's not too late to write Sanders about your concerns over the Arturo allegations. nt R B Garr Jan 2018 #102
. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #103
Hillary was the one attacked by the Russians. R B Garr Jan 2018 #104
Deflection. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #39
Absolutely. This thread is ground zero! Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #49
Actually it's a sobering look at double standards. R B Garr Jan 2018 #54
Why would someone be uncomfortable with the truth that Hillary R B Garr Jan 2018 #51
Completely agree. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #56
I thought that's what you meant, but just wanted to check R B Garr Jan 2018 #60
+1 emulatorloo Jan 2018 #95
I suspect that if she did fire him she'd be condemned for doing it quietly Demit Jan 2018 #63
Yes all the way around. Great points. R B Garr Jan 2018 #66
I had a mother like that. She could find the fault in whatever you did. Demit Jan 2018 #76
Overruled a firing recommendation. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #94
Bring us the facts! Not "some people sayism" delisen Jan 2018 #42
Cherry picking ismnotwasm Jan 2018 #87
Two wrongs do not make a right karynnj Jan 2018 #98
None of what you say matched what happened. The man was disciplined. R B Garr Jan 2018 #101
Due process is covering something up?! REALLY !?!? Stop hating her, it's not fun uponit7771 Jan 2018 #12
How is going through an HR process that ends up with docking of pay and mandatory counseling KitSileya Jan 2018 #17
I didn't hear or read anything about a "cover up". The man was disciplined, demoted, and docked... George II Jan 2018 #18
Yeah, disciplining a sexual harasser by demoting him, docking his pay, mandatory counseling, KitSileya Jan 2018 #35
Didn't she writes some essays about ......................oh, that's right, she didn't. George II Jan 2018 #37
Well, since no one said that and it is literally not applicable to this incident, you Ninsianna Jan 2018 #26
Cover up? NCTraveler Jan 2018 #41
Where do you gat "a couple months pay"? All the articles I've seen say a couple weeks Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #5
I'll look for it. But I just found that he was ALSO given a demotion, including a drop in pay. pnwmom Jan 2018 #6
Not only that, but there was a procedure in place to handle situations like that, and apparently.... George II Jan 2018 #20
The NYT Recently Did The Same Me. Jan 2018 #77
Even in the 1980s and 1990s, there were people fired for harassment in many companies karynnj Jan 2018 #96
Wow. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #4
"holding Democrats to a higher standard is a good thing" progressoid Jan 2018 #7
One would think Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #8
That was sort of the point of the article, but some people just can't get past Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #21
Holding women to a higher standard is more like it. R B Garr Jan 2018 #22
So the point of the criticism is that perfection is expected of Clinton, Ninsianna Jan 2018 #32
No actually that is not the point at all. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #44
Except no one is doing that, not on the Democratic or Clinton side. Ninsianna Jan 2018 #47
Only Hillary Clinton would be held accountable for the sexual harrassement committed by some man. TeamPooka Jan 2018 #9
+1, especially when there was action taken after due process. They hate her uponit7771 Jan 2018 #13
Blatantly not true mythology Jan 2018 #57
ahem....Al Franken progressoid Jan 2018 #67
? Who was the woman blamed for not controlling Al Franken? Demit Jan 2018 #78
The article also points the finger at women who were Weinstein's enablers loyalsister Jan 2018 #68
Rough Lordquinton Jan 2018 #10
... and this article is far from it. Just wanted to finish the statement for you :) uponit7771 Jan 2018 #14
+1 Lucinda Jan 2018 #25
Out of the woodwork Lordquinton Jan 2018 #29
And that "truth" is? Everyone is acting like this was/is a big secret. It isn't. George II Jan 2018 #19
Oh George... Lordquinton Jan 2018 #31
God Bless You Lord! George II Jan 2018 #34
Satan watch over you! Lordquinton Jan 2018 #43
Indeed it has, sadly, there are some who cannot handle the truth, hence they Ninsianna Jan 2018 #48
It's uncomfortable to be sure loyalsister Jan 2018 #69
How on earth can you say she protected them? KitSileya Jan 2018 #89
He would have been fired Lordquinton Jan 2018 #90
Really? loyalsister Jan 2018 #91
Everything is Hillary's fault. mariesa Jan 2018 #16
The buck stops with Clinton because all know she is real president delisen Jan 2018 #45
actually Hillary's and Barack's fault still_one Jan 2018 #53
What a pile of sh*t. WhiteTara Jan 2018 #28
When was the photo taken of Al Franken pretending to fondle another comic's breasts? jalan48 Jan 2018 #38
Hmm, I think the steps taken were appropriate. Pay docked, counseling required - or does everything seaglass Jan 2018 #46
Reporter uses H Clinton to justify her own sexual harassment delisen Jan 2018 #50
what a surprise, another Hillary hit piece still_one Jan 2018 #52
If Gillibrand runs on this type of BS rationalizing her "purity" stance elfin Jan 2018 #55
Hey!! I have an idea!! Lets post more anti HRC stuff while the turd that was the USA is . . . . Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #62
+1 MFM008 Jan 2018 #71
I need help understanding this mercuryblues Jan 2018 #72
"The Clinton Reckoning" -- this is stupid. betsuni Jan 2018 #84
Bullshit. ismnotwasm Jan 2018 #85
This link best describes the CRAP posted here: Pathwalker Jan 2018 #92
Confessions of a Clinton reporter: The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary Cha Jan 2018 #97
+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 mercuryblues Jan 2018 #100
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