'As a Woman, I Am Offended': CNN's Amanpour Says Clinton Has Been Subjected to 'Double Standards'

[DonViejo]

by Joe DePaolo | 5:18 pm, May 26th, 2017

At a forum in New York earlier this month, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour asked Hillary Clinton if she believed misogyny played a role in the 2016 campaign.

“Yes,” Clinton said. “I do think it played a role.” So, it turns out, does Amanpour.

As part of a lengthy profile of Clinton published Friday by New York magazine, Amanpour discussed another topic broached at the forum: Clinton blaming, in part, former FBI Director James Comey for her election loss.

Clinton was widely criticized for her comments on Comey. But Amanpour believes that gender played a role in the backlash against the democratic nominee.

<The idea that she shouldn’t mention the Comey letter when the entire nation and the most respected statisticians are considering its impact is so strange. If she were a man, would she be allowed to mention it? As a woman, I am offended by the double standards applied here.>

http://www.mediaite.com/online/as-a-woman-i-am-offended-cnns-amanpour-says-clinton-has-been-subjected-to-double-standards/

[Squinch]

1. The fact that misogyny was a major factor in the election continues to be something that half of

us cannot believe the other half cannot see plainly.

[Skittles]

2. Hillary was held to impossible standards, while Trump was held to no standards at all

[Cha]

3. Of course, Hillary was.. thank you, Christianne.

[oberliner]

4. Articles that Hillary should "get out of the way" but praising Bernie for his continued activity

Sexism could definitely be a factor.

[pnwmom]

5. Somehow the fact that he lost the primary by 4 million votes

makes his continued activity more laudable than hers.

Hard to understand the logic, unless sexism is involved.