Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Fabricating Chelsea Clinton

Fabricating Chelsea Clinton | commentary: "83
Democrats are confused as to how they were bested by a political figure they see as an empty suit with a pedigree famous for little more than tweeting.
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
Image result for Chelsea Clinton cartoonIt’s been hard to avoid the contrived, media-driven campaign to fabricate Chelsea Clinton into a figure of political and cultural relevance.
...The Times interview, published on February 23, appears to have set off a flurry of Chelsea Clinton profiles you never knew you wanted.
The youngest Clinton “has been fired up online since Trump took office,” according to the media criticism outlet Newser, “resulting in a more ‘provocative’ and ‘punchier’ former first daughter who isn’t afraid to take on anti-Semitism, ‘fake news,‘ and even the commander in chief himself.”
You might be surprised to learn that Clinton “takes down Trump” on Twitter on a regular basis, as Mashable helpfully informed its readership.
In fact, Clinton is occupying a role that cannot be performed by either Hillary Clinton or even Michelle Obama: “a woman who doesn’t hold office but possesses both political power and the ability to speak forcefully about threats to American democracy.” 
The “political power” Clinton enjoys seems to have been conferred upon her exclusively by the reporters glowingly praising her snarky tweets.
Those tweets, by the way, are written entirely in her own voice.
At least, that is the revelation provided to CNN by Clinton’s spokesperson.
And it’s a “distinctive, sometimes sassy, voice America hasn’t heard before...”
Read on!

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