To my great surprise, I read a tweet from Hillary Clinton that was both accurate and funny. Worth reposting here:
How does the Times even print such a story? No one said, "Gee, Maureen, what about Hillary?" Nope. It is this kind of high quality journalism that allows people to embrace Trump's claims that the news is fake.
On the other hand, Dowd's statement is absolutely correct. It is framed as a male nominee choosing a female VP. The only other male nominee to choose a female VP was McCain, but he was Republican (nominally). In her article, Dowd does mention Hillary's run and is clearly opining about the failure of the Democrats to pick another woman for the VP spot. She reports that Ferraro was treated poorly by the culture of the time and that the landslide loss may have contributed to Democrats avoiding female VP candidates since. Really, it's a perfectly reasonable opinion article. The blame goes to the @nytopinion tweet for failing to make that obvious.
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