A Clinton of Coverage

A few of my facebook friends (Bernie Sanders fans mostly) have posted this cartoon.....

 

..... and I feel compelled to talk about it a little bit.

First let me say, I don't have any particular problem with Bernie Sanders, I just don't think he's going to win. If he does I'll vote for him, but almost every poll outside of NH has him losing by A LOT. Breathe deep and accept that he's somehow become the Democratic Ron Paul. Rabid internet-based fans who don't add up to much come votin' time.

As for Hillary, she's not particularly exciting or inspiring as a candidate. But if it comes down to Hillary or Donald Trump (or Ted Cruz, or Marco Rubio, or....)  I'll paint that dumb H-with-an-arrow-logo on my chest and run naked through a bus station if I have to. Hell could you imagine Trump choosing a Supreme Court Justice? The least bad option would be Gary Busey.

Anyway on to the point of this, which is this terrible cartoon. First is the implication that the media is propping up Hillary. THE MEDIA HATES AND HAS ALWAYS HATED HILLARY!! You may as well say that Wile E Coyote is helping the Road Runner.

Remember the last democratic primary she was in? The media was so against her SNL even did a sketch about it

Remember this? Or the transcript at least

Honestly I think the media "bias" had less to do with the media loving Obama so much as it was them not liking Hillary

Then there's this (relatively) recent article from 538, showing that out of 46 days in which Hillary stories made news 4 of them were positive. Maybe she deserved the bad press, but the media hardly shielded her from it. Admittedly the article's from a few months ago, but I don't think much has changed since.

But the real thing that makes me nuts about the cartoon is the fucking dumb dramatics. The media is propping her up on the dead bodies and skulls of her various scandals. Let's take a look at some of these horrific acts.

"Hmmm" the cartoonist said to himself, "What atrocities has Mssss. Hillary committed? Let me think. Oh man, there's the email scandal where she may have sent top secret emails on a private server. What should I put next to that?  I have it! A skull! Because that's not too over the top! Let me throw in a Vince Foster reference too cuz people still remember that, right?"

I mean, if these are really among the WORST scandals Hillary has is she that bad? Hell Bill himself could trump those just by using examples from when he was a governor. Also, are we somehow pretending the media has never mentioned any of these? Especially the email and Benghazi stuff? Please

So if we've learned anything today it's that a) I have too much time to waste, b) I have an irrational hatred for dumb political cartoons, and c) Hillary gets bad press all the time, and d) Bernie's going to lose, but it won't be the media's fault.