The media helped to reinforce this stereotyped notion by presenting Trump as fit for the Presidency while doubting HRC at every turn. 20/
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In turn, gendered media coverage primes people to use gender stereotypes to judge a candidate's qualifications. https://thesocietypages.org/ssn/2016/09/26/politics-gender-stereotypes/ …
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So now we get to Comey's letter... which intersected perfectly with preexisting gender biases and skewed media coverage. 22/
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Comey's letter drove the greatest increase in "scandal-related" media coverage of the ENTIRE CAMPAIGN. 23/https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/809912928761769985 …
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Intense media coverage pushed that issue to the forefront of Americans' minds right before election day. 24/https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/809903636922990592 …
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This basically told people that those gnawing doubts about HRC (a product of gender bias) were legitimate. That she couldn't be trusted. 25/
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It may be that, in isolation, these factors (sexism/media/Comey letter) would not have swayed people. But they worked synergistically. 26/
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Comey's letter came just 11 days before the election and dominated media coverage, which in turn primed pre-existing gender biases. 27/
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Comey's letter created a perfect storm & left no time to recover. It wasn't the ONLY factor, but the storm couldn't have happened w/out it.
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Agree -- this is a much fuller & more convincing take than mine.
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