Matt Lauer Did It

For John, BLUF:  There is almost no limit to whom the supporters of Ms Clinton will assign blame.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Men Who Cost Clinton the Election

From Opinionator Jill Filipovic, in The Old Gray Lady, 1 December 2017.

Ms Filipovic focuses on Mssers Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose and Mark Halperi, as well as her former Old Gray Lady colleague, Reporter Glenn Thrush.

Here is an Excerpt:

A pervasive theme of all of these men’s coverage of Mrs. Clinton was that she was dishonest and unlikable.  These recent harassment allegations suggest that perhaps the problem wasn’t that Mrs. Clinton was untruthful or inherently hard to connect with, but that these particular men hold deep biases against women who seek power instead of sticking to acquiescent sex-object status.

A month ago, Rebecca Traister wrote in New York magazine that with the flood of sexual harassment charges, “we see that the men who have had the power to abuse women’s bodies and psyches throughout their careers are in many cases also the ones in charge of our political and cultural stories.”  With the Lauer accusations, this observation has come into sharper focus on one particular picture: the media sexism that contributed to Hillary Clinton’s loss.

The 2016 presidential race was so close that any of a half-dozen factors surely influenced the outcome:  James Comey, racial politics, Clinton family baggage, the contentious Democratic primary, third-party spoilers, Russian interference, fake news.  But when one of the best-qualified candidates for the presidency in American history and the first woman to get close to the Oval Office loses to an opponent who had not dedicated a nanosecond of his life to public service and ran a blatantly misogynist campaign, it’s hard to conclude that gender didn’t play a role.

I'm not buying it.

As for not a "nanosecond of" Mr Trump's life to public service, he is the one who made the rebuild of the NYC Ice Skating Pond happen.  Writers should avoid hyperbole whenever possible.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff