2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why did Mrs. Greenspan Automatically Think of Hillary When She Saw This Ad? [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...but it is legitimate to highlight who she is married to, especially when that bears on the story being reported. As I mentioned, in the case of her reporting on either Bernie or stories about finance, that is exactly when it needs to be pointed out, so people are reminded of her possible biases.
Andrea Mitchell never mentions who her husband is when she is reporting on stories like this. And since she is not just reporting, but interviewing people, with questions she has chosen to ask -- well it does seem very relevant for viewers to know who she goes home to at the end of the day.
Anyway, dollars to doughnuts that, no matter how the OP brought up the fact that Andrea Mitchell is Alan Greenspan's wife, she would have been taken to task for it because certain posters on this site love to stir things up while adding nothing to a discussion.
It's a shame to see people try and use feminism as a cudgel like this, especially when their real aim appears to be sidetracking a discussion in an attempt to neutralize a poster whom they disagree with.