Summary: After the Drudge Report displayed an Associated Press photo of Hillary Clinton above the headline "The Toll of a Campaign," the conservative echo chamber went into effect. Rush Limbaugh discussed the photo on his radio show, Drudge then linked to the transcript on Limbaugh's website, and The Washington Times and Michelle Malkin on Fox news' The Big Story, then reprinted or discussed the photograph, characterizing it as representative of the toll the campaign was taking on Clinton.
On December 16, Internet gossip Matt Drudge displayed an Associated Press photo of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) above the headline "The Toll of a Campaign." The next day, during the 2 p.m. ET hour of the December 17 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh noted the photo and discussed what he said was "this theory of mine based on this Drudge picture of Mrs. Clinton with the headline: 'The Toll of a Campaign.' " Limbaugh then offered his theory before asking: "Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?"
Limbaugh said:
There is this thing in this country that, as you age -- and this is particularly, you know, women are hardest-hit on this, and particularly in Hollywood -- America loses interest in you, and we know this is true because we constantly hear from aging actresses, who lament that they can't get decent roles anymore, other than in supporting roles that will not lead to any direct impact, yea or nay, in the box office.
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