We could say that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sat down for an interview with Vox.com founder Ezra Klein, which is true, but that would be doing a disservice to the 30 or so people credited in the “Vox Media Storytelling Studio collaboration” that resulted in this lengthy piece promising a look at the Clinton that her friends and colleagues know, not the one America sees (and largely dislikes and distrusts).
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/752480813237702656
Spoiler: Hillary Clinton is a very, very good listener (if a bit difficult to have reached via her official state.gov email address), and Klein wants America to know that just might be her greatest strength.
He refers to the work of Deborah Tannen, author of several books (or, if you prefer, author of one book, published several times under different titles) on the differences in the way men and women communicate. Men talk, women listen — a disadvantage for Clinton in a political system dominated by standing and talking.
Understanding Hillary: Why the Clinton America sees isn't the Clinton colleagues know https://t.co/IGpNwgC5OO pic.twitter.com/8efJwUyenp
— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 11, 2016
Not that Clinton has a problem speaking confidently; after all, she told CNN back in May that her nomination was “already done, in effect,” and there was no way she wouldn’t be her party’s nominee. The problem is that the public sees only that Clinton, and misses out on her very special skill as a listener, something that only comes across in private exchanges with individuals and intimate groups. It’s a woman thing.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/752597443229908993
A campaign ad? Just because it was so utterly one-sided that the Clinton campaign saw no downside in linking to it?
"Her way of dealing with the stories she hears is not just to repeat the story but to do something about the story." https://t.co/jje8cWi5Ep
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/Me_In_Jersey/status/752597644191621120
In effect, yes, it’s a campaign ad, just as much as the front page of the New York Times every single day. But someone had to crow about Clinton’s most likable trait: in America’s male-dominated society, she can’t just come out and brag about herself.
breaking; the entire premise of public speaking is misogynist
— jnls.reader. (@subareader) July 11, 2016
EVERYTHING IS SEXIST, Said the non-thinking morons to the left. Maybe Americans are just smarter than their journalists.
— Josh (@uncleoce) July 11, 2016
After a couple of reboots by the campaign itself, America still might not like or trust her, but at least it now understands Hillary Clinton, courtesy of Vox Media Storytelling.
https://twitter.com/BeGoodAmerica/status/752517742465576960
a habitual liar. Don't trust anything she says.
— kevin lennon (@kevinclennon) July 11, 2016
In her Vox interview Clinton complained that media lets politicians "get away" with lying. Umm… https://t.co/c7A0NXEzWx @dailycaller
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) July 11, 2016
Alt explanation: Public doesn't trust her because she lies. Constantly. Calculatedly. Comey and DOS IG est this beyond doubt.
— Bill Coleman (@colemanwb) July 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/DMGRECO/status/752481716128747520
https://twitter.com/DMGRECO/status/752484941267689472
Nothing more tedious and immaterial than these "the real X" pieces. And nobody is going to discover that they like the Clintons.
— Jerry Long (@Longbroscomedy) July 11, 2016
Everything about his obsequious article screams "I desperately want to be an insider in the Clinton Administration." #brownnose
— Jason Bruzzichesi (@JBruzzichesi) July 11, 2016
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