But a study of Clinton’s press interactions offers at least one reason why the Democratic nominee is not too keen to share intimate details about her life unless absolutely necessary: the coverage has been overwhelmingly sexist for decades. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hillary Clinton speaks with Matt Lauer during an interview on NBC’s Today show during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Photograph: HO/REUTERS“It’s not the Clintons v the press, it’s the Clintons v the press plus the Republican party,” said Eric Boehlert, a senior fellow at Media Matters, a progressive media watchdog. Hillary Clinton on Spy magazine in 1993. “Yet Hillary Clinton had pneumonia, didn’t share it for two days and it was the biggest crime of the century.

Source: The Guardian September 15, 2016 11:30 UTC