Tuesday, January 15, 2008

He's absolutely right

I just wish Bob Herbert would have explicitly mentioned Chris Matthews:

The cable news channels revel in stories about women (almost always young and attractive) who come to a gruesome end at the hands of violent men. The stories seldom, if ever, raise the issue of misogyny, which permeates not just the crimes themselves, but the coverage as well...

We’ve become so used to the disrespectful, degrading, contemptuous and even violent treatment of women that we hardly notice it. Staggering amounts of violence are unleashed against women and girls every day. Fashionable ads in mainstream publications play off of that violence, exploiting themes of death and dismemberment, female submissiveness and child pornography.

If we’ve opened the door to the issue of sexism in the presidential campaign, then let’s have at it. It’s a big and important issue that deserves much more than lip service.


Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some photoshops of K-Lo to make.

In other words it's a thin line to cross...metaphorically.

UPDATE: Meanwhile, as pointed out by Roger Ailes (the good one) this, the "Hillary Clinton Nutcracker" is on sale at the NY Times Website (link at lower right corner)

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