Freddie deBoer on Twitter: "@rtraister @the_buffler I strongly agree that Hillary has been subject to a lot of unfair scrutiny and that sexism plays a huge role in that"

Rebecca Traister ‏@rtraister 14 Oct 2015

Rebecca Traister Retweeted Freddie deBoer

Keen analysis: the political press IS famous for its lavishly positive coverage of Hillary Clinton. https://twitter.com/freddiedeboer/status/654327124182994944 …

Rebecca Traister added,

Freddie deBoer @freddiedeboer
I promise -- I promise -- large chunks of the "Hillary won!" pieces were written days ago. Because they knew going in what they had to do.
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Freddie deBoer ‏@freddiedeboer 14 Oct 2015

@rtraister They lavish attention on the mainstream candidates. Which, in a vacuum, you would surely acknowledge.
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Rebecca Traister ‏@rtraister 14 Oct 2015

@freddiedeboer I'd never dispute that the press lavishes attention on Hillary - fetishistically obsessive negative attention for 20+ years.
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chanukkah jr. ‏@the_buffler 14 Oct 2015

@rtraister @freddiedeboer 2) ideology, then there's really no hope for you.
Rebecca Traister ‏@rtraister 14 Oct 2015

@the_buffler @freddiedeboer Yes, remember how she benefitted from the media's pro-establishment ideology in 2008?
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chanukkah jr. ‏@the_buffler 14 Oct 2015

@rtraister @freddiedeboer 1) You can't seriously be arguing that the media doesn't enforce norms of "seriousness" entirely congruent with
Rebecca Traister ‏@rtraister 14 Oct 2015

@the_buffler @freddiedeboer And I can seriously argue that HRC has been pissed on by the establishment press for more than two decades.
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