Thread by @ashtonpittman

Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Roe v. Wade.

In 2016, the media ignored Hillary Clinton as she emphasized the court's importance.

Others mocked her.

"Use scare tactics much? ... What's scarier? You in the Oval Office. WE will write in Sen. Sanders."

https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/679348542721380352

A lot of left-wing men who weren't fans of Hillary Clinton similarly responded to her tweets about the Supreme Court with derision.

Example: "what utter BS talk policies and stop fear mongering for votes. You should be ashamed!"

On March 30, 2016, Hillary Clinton gave a major speech in WISCONSIN about the Supreme Court.

Trump-obsessed media either ignored the speech or ignored the issue. Ex, this headline from a story on the speech:

"Clinton Says Republicans Have Only Themselves to Blame for Trump"

"Clinton’s speech on the importance of filling Supreme Court vacancies, and on the values and ideals that should guide judicial nominations, was a deep and detailed discussion of a fundamental responsibility of presidents," John Nichols wrote in The Nation.thenation.com/article/archiv…

Nichols: "What she said impressed not just her own supporters, who gathered Monday to hear her speak on the University of Wisconsin campus, but also Wisconsinites who are undecided or inclined to vote for someone else in the state’s April 5 primary." thenation.com/article/archiv…

Nichols: "What was powerful was not just the Democratic contender’s recognition that 'the Court shapes virtually every aspect of life—from whether you can marry the person you love, to whether you can get healthcare, to whether your classmates can carry guns around this campus.'"

Few voters heard Hillary Clinton's March 30, 2016, speech dedicated to importance of the Supreme Court.

The top Google search results for March 30-31, 2016 with keyword "Hillary Clinton" aren't about her Supreme Court speech.

The 13th is—John Nichols' Nation article.

Hillary gave her Supreme Court speech on 3/30/2016.

Top 12 Google news stories on "Hillary Clinton," 3/30-31:

1. "Why We're So Obsessed With Hillary's Hair"

2. "I'm The Green Peace Activist Who Asker HC To Reject Fossil Fuel $"

3. "Why HC's Shift Left Makes Liberals Mad"

Top Google results for "Hillary Clinton" for 3/30-31 (cont):

4. "Hillary Knocks Bernie Over Response to Trump’s Abortion Comments"

5. "Clinton to Use Gun Control Issue Against Sanders"

6. Hillary Clinton Loses Patience With Green Peace Activist Over Fossil Fuel Donations"

Top Google results for "Hillary Clinton" for 3/30-31 (cont):

7. "Former Gov. Jim Doyle Backing Clinton"

8. "HC Just Delivered the Strongest Speech of Her Campaign—The Media Barely Noticed"

9. "Hillary Clinton's Litany of Scandal"

Top Google results for "Hillary Clinton" for 3/30-31 (cont):

10. "No, The Race Between Sanders and Clinton Isn't Close"

11. "HC to Campaign in Syracuse"

12. "Hillary Clinton $600 Haircut Ties Up Traffic"

Of the top 12 results for the day after Hillary's Supreme Court speech:
-3 are on what she says about Bernie or Trump
-2 are about her hair
-2 are about an activist confronting her
-1 is about why she makes some liberals mad
-1 is about her "litany of scandal"
-1 is on SCOTUS

Only one of the top 12 results, the 8th, is about Hillary Clinton's speech on the Supreme Court.

And it's an op-ed complaining that the media ignored Hillary Clinton's speech on the Supreme Court.

National media failed this country in 2016 with a toxic mix of misogyny, a refusal to take women seriously & a devotion to horse race politics that focused on the antics & drama surrounding loud, anti-establishment men.

HRC's policy talks enraptured her audiences. Media yawned.

It's clear now just how important the Supreme Court was in 2016. That's why the end of Roe v Wade is now a real possibility.

And it's important to talk about past failures until we address them and stop putting drama > policy & stop letting sexism dictate coverage of women.

https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/685931117539635201

Meanwhile, as @DonnerKay points out, former NBC Chairman Andy Lack's takeaway from 2016 was that "the biggest story that we missed ... we underestimated the dislike of Hillary in the country."

https://twitter.com/DonnerKay/status/1394359266396581889?s=20

In 2019, I wrote an op-ed about the obsession with evaluating women based on "likability."

"Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton and the sexist hypocrisy of the 'likability' media narrative. Here we go again."
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

And apropos of nothing, I wrote this for the New York Times in 2015.

In the comments, which are no longer there, several people told me I was "fear-mongering" to try to get them to vote for Clinton.

My op-ed didn't mention a single candidate.

Link: nytimes.com/roomfordebate/…

The 8th*—not the 13th.

This thread really isn't just about sexism among Bernie Sanders supporters, please note. It's about sexism as a broad problem in America society, including and especially in news media.