The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary _ HRC GROUP POST

[OKNancy]

I saw this in GD: Primaries, posted by mercuryblues. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251428141

Mine is the only comment so far.

Link to the VOX story: http://www.vox.com/2015/7/6/8900143/hillary-clinton-reporting-rules

Some snips from the article:

The Clinton rules are driven by reporters' and editors' desire to score the ultimate prize in contemporary journalism: the scoop that brings down Hillary Clinton and her family's political empire. At least in that way, Republicans and the media have a common interest.
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1) Everything, no matter how ludicrous-sounding, is worthy of a full investigation by federal agencies, Congress, the "vast right-wing conspiracy," and mainstream media outlets

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.

3) The media assumes that Clinton is acting in bad faith until there's hard evidence otherwise.

4) Everything is newsworthy because the Clintons are the equivalent of America's royal family

5) Everything she does is fake and calculated for maximum political benefit

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The author expands on each of the above points.. It's a really good article and I suggest everyone read the whole thing.
You can see a lot of the above 5 points slung by her detractors here at DU.

Final sentence of the article: Whether they're fair or not, the Clinton rules distort the public's perception of Hillary Clinton.

[misterhighwasted]

1. Precisely why Hillary ignores the media.

Clint9n's have been surviving this propaganda for profit insanity for 25 years.
They must really love this country because they are still hanging in there.
^H^R^C. 2016

[George II]

7. As I observed it years ago, the crap was started by Rush Limbaugh....

....during the 1992 primaries. He HATED Bill Clinton, and he built his career on trying to tear him down (he even had a late-night talk show on television on CBS!)

I can't remember a time that I've tuned in Limbaugh (very infrequently) that within 10-15 minutes (my limit) that he didn't mention Clinton.

[Iliyah]

2. K & R

[mcar]

3. How have people forgotten this

I cannot believe DUers criticize HRC for not being in a hurry to speak to these jackals.

[Iliyah]

4. Sounds like the press (non-journalist) types are marching to their orders from

corporate media. Here at the DU a win by any means necessary, even if you have to parrot the RWers talking point and severely attack their choice's opponent, also repeat 1 million times that she's gonna lose because, 1. she's afraid of the media bulls**t, et al.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. None of the other Dems are getting the same scrutiny, but make no mistake, if HRC were to....

leave the race for some reason, the next in line would become the target. And people ask, disingenuously, why Hillary doesn't sit down these guys? Really?

[Cha]

6. Oh they will.. it's like a co-ordinated effort with them to get a horse race and then

Bam!

Remember Dean.. he was on the cover of Newsweek and doing pretty good until they decided to take him down?

Tarheel

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. I do indeed remember. BS is being used right now as a way to take down HRC, but the M$M sword....

cuts both ways.

[Cha]

10. the msm sword tries to slice and dice every which way.. but they couldn't bring down Pres Obama

and Hillary's being smart about them, too.

[ismnotwasm]

8. Yup

When I go looking for news articles, I can't believe the trash I have to sort through.

[yallerdawg]

11. We have a new definition of "Clinton Fatigue"!

There is so much BS, we don't pay attention to any of it. Just look at the polls!

It is all ginned-up speculation and innuendo, distortions of quotes, out-of-context quotes, irrelevant confabulations, bald-faced lies...on and on for 3 decades!

The "Someone Else" and "Anyone But" crowd shares a commitment to the defeat of Hillary. There is no point in arguing with them.

The best we can do is point out the errors and distortions, hope interested and open-minded people see DU is not at all in negative lock-step about Hillary - and keep our eye on the prize.

[hrmjustin]

12. The media is not fair nor liberal.

[DeepModem Mom]

13. The importance of media's biased and hateful...

coverage of Hillary can't be overemphasized. It should be called out and shouldn't be excused. This VOX article is the first I've seen that does that. Sad to say, not optimistic there will be more from our political press.