Comments on: Katie Couric's Notebook: Sexism And Politics

[voter13]

Katie,
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for standing up and simply stating the truth. Short, sweet and to the point.
For all those who want to deny it, and have the nerve to ridicule you for stating the facts, I think that a compilation of a video of the many, many times hateful degrading comments were made by news reporters, pundits, Obama, and even other democrats who supported Obama,would be good to just slap them in the face with the truth. They want to pretend it didn''t happen and just hope it will go away. It is a serious problem in this country, a country that fights for women''s rights in other countries but ignores abuse of women in our own country.
Very, very few abstained from joining in, Obama and his advisers used it to excite the crowds, and what was worse is that it did. They loved the preaching of the hate.
I can''t comprehend why the media and the other political leaders didn''t stop it or get outraged by it.
But instead they began to over and over again try to emphasize, by their group polling, that it was white women, not voting for Obama insinuating that they were the racists cause they now were voting for Hillary in big numbers.
Here''s a thought, maybe they were voting for who they didn''t think was racist, for someone who stood up for all no matter what race or gender, and just maybe because they realized and came to know who this Obama was and decided NO he doesn''t represent what a president of this country should represent-ALL OF THE PEOPLE.

[voter13]

Katie,
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for standing up and simply stating the truth. Short, sweet and to the point.
For all those who want to deny it, and have the nerve to ridicule you for stating the facts, I think that a compilation of a video of the many, many times hateful degrading comments were made by news reporters, pundits, Obama, and even other democrats who supported Obama,would be good to just slap them in the face with the truth. They want to pretend it didn''t happen and just hope it will go away. It is a serious problem in this country, a country that fights for women''s rights in other countries but ignores abuse of women in our own country.
Very, very few abstained from joining in, Obama and his advisers used it to excite the crowds, and what was worse is that it did. They loved the preaching of the hate.
I can''t comprehend why the media and the other political leaders didn''t stop it or get outraged by it.
They began to over and over again try to emphasize, by their group polling, that it was white women, not voting for Obama insinuating that they were the racists cause they now were voting for Hillary in big numbers.
Here''s a thought, maybe they were voting for who they didn''t think was racist, for someone who stood up for all no matter what race or gender, and just maybe because they realized and came to know who this Obama was and decided NO he doesn''t represent what a president of this country should represent-ALL OF THE PEOPLE.

[ladyesq1]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! At least there is ONE honorable, intelligent journalist out there doing their job instead of acting like a @$$ and, as a result, lowering their channel''s ratings.

Good job Katie. You are EXACTLY right!!!! If someone had held up a sign saying "Pick my Cotton" at an Obama rally, people would have been outraged. But "Iron my Shirt" at Hillary''s rally was totally appropriate...right??!!!

[hswyatt]

Katie, I was dissappointed and disgusted with your Ewww! comment when asking Barack Obama about Hillary Clinton as a running mate. You of all people in your business should be thrilled tha a woman of her intellect and expertise has the opportunity at long last to be in this position.

I have watched your newscast for the last time.

[dcmusicman]

Thanks, Katie, for courageously expressing your point of view on this important issue. Your simple, straightforward argument is in such contrast to the angry commentary of your cable news competitors. I hope, for one, that the attention your comments are getting in the "blogosphere" reminds Americans that they should watch the network''s evening newscasts (yours is my favorite!), which continue to provide us with the best, most journalistically sound summary of the day''s actual news. It''s so important, and sadly increasingly rare, to have a forum on TV that doesn''t interject hours of needless "analysis" from talking heads -- "analysis" that, as you point out in your piece, often exposed a disturbing tolerance for sexism in the media''s commentary, if not reporting, about Senator Clinton.

For the record, as a young man who found himself torn between Senator Obama and Clinton, I agree with you. While Senator Clinton lost for several reasons (as you acknowledge), her campaign exposed that our country has a long way to go in rooting out insidious forms of sexism. (And, let''s face it: you''ve been the victim of exactly this sexism, as needless media critics haven''t evaluated your broadcast -- nor your once-controversial interview with Sen. and Elizabeth Edwards -- on their merits, but instead on your hair, eye makeup, clothing, leg-exposure time, etc.)

Thanks, again, for addressing this.

[mdratelyblue]

Ifyouaskme2:

Thanks for the tip to the Washington Post article. Yes, mysogynist AND racist attitudes were evident on MSNBC and the racist attitudes were more than loud and clear on Fox News. Cable talk shows are a new phenomenom in presidential elections, and I think viewers need to stop thinking of them as news outlets. When viewers tune in to these programs, they should be prepared for opinions, not balanced news. I was surprised and disappointed that Katie chose to get into this fray. This type of commentary I expect to hear on cable news or on talk radio, not a news broadcast.

No, I don%u2019t like someone telling me who to vote for. Anyone doing such is wasting their time! I was leaning towards Senator Clinton early on. One of several things that made me reconsider her for the nomination came late in November in an interview with Katie Couric, where Senator Clinton refused to think the nomination was not hers. Her sense of entitlement was offputting and it said a whole lot for me. I started viewing her differently.

[xdemvtr]

Thank you for helping to bring this subject out into the light. Sen. Clinton is an honorable public servant who did not deserve the public humiliation that was heaped upon her by the media. Women are angry and we''re not backing down on this. The media needs to be held accountable. Even this morning they(MSNBC, CNN) are still denying they did anything wrong. That just proves we need to keep the conversation going.

[anglimk]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for restorting my faith in journalism. The shabby, bias, unfair treatment of Hillary Clinton during the campaign was disgusting. I wrote to Chris Matthews, Keith Oberman and others at MSNBC while it was happening. They would sometimes appolgize, only to repeat their sentiments with different words.
I was a loyal MSNBC view, not anymore.
Thanks for bring this very important subject out into the open. It is topic that needs to be discussed and not dismissed.

[voter13]

Katie,
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for standing up and simply stating the truth. Short, sweet and to the point.
For all those who want to deny it, and have the nerve to ridicule you for stating the facts, I think that a compilation of a video of the many, many times hateful degrading comments were made by news reporters, pundits, Obama, and even other democrats who supported Obama,would be good to just slap them in the face with the truth. They want to pretend it didn''t happen and just hope it will go away. It is a serious problem in this country, a country that fights for women''s rights in other countries but ignores abuse of women in our own country.
Very, very few abstained from joining in, Obama and his advisers used it to excite the crowds, and what was worse is that it did. They loved the preaching of the hate.
I can''t comprehend why the media and the other political leaders didn''t stop it or get outraged by it.
They began to over and over again try to emphasize, by their group polling, that it was white women, not voting for Obama insinuating that they were the racists cause they now were voting for Hillary in big numbers.
Here''s a thought, maybe they were voting for who they didn''t think was racist, for someone who stood up for all no matter what race or gender, and just maybe because they realized and came to know who this Obama was and decided NO he doesn''t represent what a president of this country should represent-ALL OF THE PEOPLE.

[voter13]

Katie,
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for standing up and simply stating the truth. Short, sweet and to the point.
For all those who want to deny it, and have the nerve to ridicule you for stating the facts, I think that a compilation of a video of the many, many times hateful degrading comments were made by news reporters, pundits, Obama, and even other democrats who supported Obama,would be good to just slap them in the face with the truth. They want to pretend it didn''t happen and just hope it will go away. It is a serious problem in this country, a country that fights for women''s rights in other countries but ignores abuse of women in our own country.
Very,very few abstained from joining in, Obama and his advisers used it to excite the crowds, and what was worse is that it did, they loved the preaching of the hate.
I can''t comprehend why the media and the other political leaders didn''t stop it or get outraged by it.
They began to over and over again try to emphasize, by their group polling, that it was white women, not voting for Obama insinuating that they were the racists cause they now were voting for Hillary in big numbers.
Here''s a thought, maybe they were voting for who they didn''t think was racist, for someone who stood up for all no matter what race or gender, and just maybe because they realized and came to know who this Obama was and decided NO he doesn''t represent what a president of this country should represent-ALL OF THE PEOPLE.