Each of these candidates deals with the press, they have to, and each of them do it in their own way. I’m not at all suggesting that the treatment they have received has been equitable, it has not. The Clintons have been subject to relentless smear and innuendo far outside what we in America consider fair treatment, although it would be everyday journalism in the rest of the free world. McCain, on the other hand, has been given a pretty free ride his whole life and like other press favorites including, to be fair, FDR and JFK, gets to skate along while his inconsistencies and foibles are only briefly mentioned if at all.

This isn’t fair, it isn’t reasonable, and it isn’t right, but it is reality. For Hillary to succeed, either as a candidate or as President, she will have to find a way to manage her relationship with the press in a manner that improves her coverage. I suggest that there are things she could be doing better than she is, and that while she is certainly not responsible for the behavior of the press, she is responsible for her own behavior. As examples, here are a couple of recent occurrences.  Read more