Opinion | The media must decode Trump’s racism and sexism

Date: 2020-08-13T16:50:40.637Z
Author: Jennifer Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Description: The media should say the quiet part out loud.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Original article URL: [www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/... ]

Propaganda techniques used in this aricle

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1 President Trump and his right-wing sycophants are no longer hiding their racism and misogyny: www.washingtonpost.com
2 President Trump and his right-wing sycophants are no longer hiding their racism and misogyny: www.washingtonpost.com
3 All of his targets are women; he invariably demeans their intellect and temperament. www.washingtonpost.com
4 It is meant to reinforce the stereotype that women must be docile, respectful and pleasing to men. www.washingtonpost.com
5 It is critical when interviewing other Republicans to press them to condemn Trump’s comments. Do not let them wave off the queries or move to other topics. www.washingtonpost.com
6 Women in the party, too, provide cover for an abusive, predatory president when they look the other way or suggest he is pleasant to them so he cannot possibly be sexist. www.washingtonpost.com
7 Women in the party, too, provide cover for an abusive, predatory president when they look the other way or suggest he is pleasant to them so he cannot possibly be sexist. www.washingtonpost.com
8 Women in the party, too, provide cover for an abusive, predatory president when they look the other way or suggest he is pleasant to them so he cannot possibly be sexist. (A common excuse for abusive male personalities is to provide lists of women who praise them, as if proof that respect for certain women absolves them of sexism in treatment of other women who they think are not positioned to complain.) www.washingtonpost.com
9 Trump is making White men more and more dominant in two branches of government. He needs to be held to account for that, just as his racist and sexist rhetoric must be decoded and contextualized for news consumers. www.washingtonpost.com