It is not, Brummett says, comparing Hillary Clinton with the character in “Fatal Attraction.” There’s no sexism, he argues, in calling a candidate monstrous. It’s just personal.
Three women on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Sunday — none of them Clinton supporters, though one, a columnist, has been favorable to her — saw her coverage differently, it so happens. The suggestion was made that similar treatment of a black candidate would have provoked a media uproar.
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