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Feb. 22nd, 2007 09:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sebastienneFrom the BBC's American Election coverage:
"Unbeatable name recognition and unmatched fundraising ability make Hillary - no surname necessary - the clear front-runner for the Democrats."
Of course, the BBC consider men and women equally. This is evidenced by all their coverage of the departing president, George, his vice-president, Dick, and other Demoncrats who may be running, such as John, Al, and Barack. Oh wait... it's Mr Edwards, Mr Gore, Senator Obama. But, clearly, Senator Clinton is not deserving of that same courtesy.
Yeah, I know, they have to specificy "Hillary Clinton" in the same way they have to specifiy "George W Bush". But I still find the above irritating.
ETA: Does it make sense to stop calling it the "Gay Rights Movement", and start calling it the "Gay Equality Movement"? Because that's more explicit about what we expect, plays on "all men are created equal", and just generally doesn't invite the whole "their arsking for speshul rites!" thing.
"Unbeatable name recognition and unmatched fundraising ability make Hillary - no surname necessary - the clear front-runner for the Democrats."
Of course, the BBC consider men and women equally. This is evidenced by all their coverage of the departing president, George, his vice-president, Dick, and other Demoncrats who may be running, such as John, Al, and Barack. Oh wait... it's Mr Edwards, Mr Gore, Senator Obama. But, clearly, Senator Clinton is not deserving of that same courtesy.
Yeah, I know, they have to specificy "Hillary Clinton" in the same way they have to specifiy "George W Bush". But I still find the above irritating.
ETA: Does it make sense to stop calling it the "Gay Rights Movement", and start calling it the "Gay Equality Movement"? Because that's more explicit about what we expect, plays on "all men are created equal", and just generally doesn't invite the whole "their arsking for speshul rites!" thing.