Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 1
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Getting ahead of ourselves
[Read the article: The witch ain't dead, and Chris Matthews is a ding-dong]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The press certainly did jump rather quickly to denounce Clinton, which could have been their desire to discredit a woman. I would not put it past idiots like the tv pundits.
However, it is more likely that Brokaw was right to say that they were backing a cadidate early by falling in love with Obama. After Obama's speech at the Iowa caucus, journalists were all over him. Andrea Mitchell said it was the best speech by a politician since Bobby Kennedy. Obama certainly can be an inspirational figure, but the difference between a journalist and a columnist or pundit is that a journalist is not supposed to pick sides. This is why Ms. Traister would be wise to describe herself in other terms than a journalist. I believe there are exceptions to aspiring to objectivity, but politics certainly does fit that category. Otherwise, call yourself a blogger, a columnist, but not a journalist.
In the case of this article by Traister, it is not only unfair, but borderline bigoted to say that black people were allowed to vote 50 years before women. Because of Jim Crow laws African Americans were prevented from voting long after the women's suffrage movement. One should not talk about which minorities have suffered the most, but should share in a common history to prevent it from happening again.