The Numbers Behind Maureen Dowd's 21-Year Long Campaign Against Hillary Clinton (HILLARY GROUP)

72 Percent Of Dowd Columns Negative Towards Clinton

For more than twenty years, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has been attacking Hillary Clinton from a shallow well of insults, routinely portraying the former secretary of state and first lady as an unlikeable, power-hungry phony.

Media Matters analyzed 195 columns by Dowd since November 1993 containing significant mentions of Clinton for whether they included any of 16 negative tropes in five categories (listed in the below methodology). 72 percent (141 columns) were negative towards Clinton -- only 8 percent (15 columns) were positive. The remaining 20 percent (39 columns) were neutral.

For example, Dowd has repeatedly accused Clinton of being an enemy to or betraying feminism (35 columns, 18 percent of those studied), power-hungry (51 columns, 26 percent), unlikeable (9 columns, 5 percent), or phony (34 columns, 17 percent). She's also attacked the Clintons as a couple in 43 columns (22 percent), many of which included Dowd's ham-handed attempts at psychoanalysis....

(Note: Here in the article are tons of detailed examples from Dowd's columns in which she attacks Hillary in the following areas.)

* Plotting For Power

o Hillary is inflexible/uncompromising

o Hillary has a bunker mentality, will not listen to detractors

o Hillary acts tough

o Hillary is always scheming for more power


* Betrayed Feminism And Played The Victim

o Hillary is bad for feminism

o Hillary traded on slights from men to get ahead

o Hillary fakes her feminism


* People don't like her, she's not a nice person

o Hillary is mean

o Hillary is not likeable

o Hillary is cold and unemotional


* She's a phony

o Hillary doesn't know who she is

o Hillary has no 'real' identity

o Hillary doesn't believe what she says

o Hillary is scripted and prepackaged and poll-driven


* Targeting The Clintons As A Couple

o The Clintons won't go away, even though everyone wants them to

o Their marriage is a sham, a trade of power for more power

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