Somewhere in the overlap between Hillary Clinton's Iowa defeat at the hands of Barack Obama, and her victory over him in New Hampshire, she was absolutely shellacked by the Television and Print media. No matter what one's feelings on Hillary Clinton there can be no denying this.
More recently there has been, at least arguably, a semblance of backing off on this front.
Here is a recent apology from Chris Matthews.
Nice to see a tool like Chris Matthews grovel. But, in terms of The Rhetorical Situation in which he finds himself, does he pull off an effective apology?
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This was a bad apology because it was unnecessary. It seems as if it amounted to someone from the Clinton campaign calling him and saying he hurt her feelings (the "sensitive feelings" line) and that the campaign was going to shut off access to her campaign if it continued.
If the program is "tough, fearless, and blunt" then there is no reason for an apology. Politics, while hopeful, is brutish and nasty, which the Clintons are well aware of.
It is interesting though how the gender card plays a prominent role in the apologia, again. And the victim card.
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