The Silencing

by Kirsten Powers

35.Ben Terris, “The Undercover Senator: Tim Scott Goes Anecdote Shopping in South Carolina,” Washington Post, May 7, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-undercover-senator-sen-tim-scott-goes-anecdote-shopping-in-south-carolina/2014/05/06/98e534b0-cbb9-11e3-93eb-6c0037dde2ad_story.html.

  36.Adolph L. Reed Jr., “The Puzzle of Black Republicans,” New York Times, December 18, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/opinion/the-puzzle-of-black-republicans.html?_r=0.

  37.Michelle Malkin, “Blocked by Alec Baldwin; Plus: Laughing at Liberal Hate,” MichelleMalkin.com, September 23, 2011, http://michellemalkin.com/2011/09/23/blocke/.

  38.Andrew Johnson, “Spanish-Language Paper Calls Gomez a LINO,” National Review Online, June 4, 2013, http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/350132/spanish-language-paper-calls-gomez-lino-andrew-johnson.

  39.Sean Sullivan, “New Mexico Dem Criticized for Saying Gov. Martinez ‘Does Not Have a Latino Heart,’” Washington Post, September 10, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/09/10/new-mexico-dem-criticized-for-saying-gov-martinez-does-not-have-a-latino-heart/.

  40.Z. Byron Wolf, “Harry Reid Doesn’t Get Hispanic Republicans,” ABC News, August 11, 2010, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/08/harry-reid-doesnt-get-hispanic-republicans/.

  41.Juan Williams, Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate (New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2012).

  42.Michelle Malkin, “Conservative Women Finally React with Force to Attacks of Feminists,” Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, April 13, 2012, http://lubbockonline.com/editorial-columnists/2012-04-14/malkin-conservative-women-finally-react-force-attacks-feminists#.VOqvEylUXjQ.

  43.Naomi Wolf, “Are Opinions Male?” New Republic, November 29, 1993.

  44.Derek Hunter, “Progressives Make Sexist Twitter Smears about Combat Veteran Joni Ernst,” Daily Caller, January 20, 2015, http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/20/progressives-make-sexist-twitter-smears-about-combat-veteran-joni-ernst/.

  45.Katie Glueck, “Tom Harkin: Joni Ernst as Pretty as Taylor Swift? So What?,” Politico, updated November 3, 2014, http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/2014-iowa-elections-tom-harkin-joni-ernst-taylor-swift-112433.html#ixzz3PgSeeW1.

  46.Howard Kurtz, “A Blogger, a Baby, a Cry of Concern,” Washington Post, September 2, 2008, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102983_pf.html.

  47.Paul Farhi, “Ed Schultz suspended from MSNBC after Calling Laura Ingraham a ‘Right Wing Slut’,” Washington Post, May 26, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ed-schultz-suspended-from-msnbc-after-calling-laura-ingraham-a-right-wing-slut/2011/05/26/AGOcV2BH_story.html.

  48.Keith Olbermann, “On So Many Levels She’s a Perfect Demonstration of the Necessity of the Work Planned Parenthood Does,” Twitter, April 14, 2011, https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/58582265495683072.

  49.Brad Wilmouth, “Olbermann: Without ‘Fascistic Hatred,’ Malkin Is Just a ‘Mashed-Up Bag of Meat with Lipstick,’” MRC NewsBusters, October 13, 2009, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/10/13/olbermann-without-fascistic-hatred-malkin-just-mashed-bag-meat-lipsti#sthash.EORqTsri.dpuf.

  50.“Maher Refuses to Apologize for Calling Palin C-Word,” Fox News, no date, http://nation.foxnews.com/sarah-palin/2011/03/29/maher-refuses-apologize-calling-palin-c-word.

  51.Kate Sheppard, “19 Percent of Congress Is Female. Why Not Half?,” Mother Jones, November 20, 2012. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/19-percent-congress-women-why-not-half.

  52.See Kirsten Powers, “Rush Limbaugh Isn’t the Only Media Misogynist,” Daily Beast, March 4, 2012, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/04/rush-limbaugh-s-apology-liberal-men-need-to-follow-suit.html.

  53.Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, “FCC Should Clear Limbaugh from Airwaves,” CNN, March 12, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/10/opinion/fonda-morgan-steinem-limbaugh/.

  54.egalia, “Gloria Steinem on Bill Maher’s Real Time Tonight,” Tennessee Guerilla Women, March 4, 2011, http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2011/03/gloria-steinem-on-bill-mahers-real-time.html; Alec Jacobs, “Ezzy Klein Goes to Hollywood,” FishbowlDC at Adweek Network, March 4, 2011, http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/ezzy-klein-goes-to-hollywood/33696?red=dc.

  55.“Jeffrey Meyer, Andrea Mitchell to GOP Strategist: You’re Anti-Abortion, Not Pro-Life,” MRC NewsBusters, January 9, 2013, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2013/01/09/andrea-mitchell-gop-strategist-you-re-anti-abortion-not-pro-life.

  56.Nina Burleigh, “The Best and the Rightest,” Elle, August 12, 2011, http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a12323/female-conservativism/.

  57.“Carter again Cites Racism as Factor in Obama’s Treatment,” CNN, September 17, 2009, http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/15/carter.obama/index.html?eref=ib_us.

  58.Alan Duke, “Redford: Women, Young People Must Save U.S. from Men ‘Behaving Stupidly,’” CNN, October 16, 2013, http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/16/showbiz/robert-redford-all-is-lost/index.html.

  59.Edward Walsh, “Panel Split Over ‘Scumbag’ Comment,” Washington Post, April 22, 1998, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/burton042298.htm.

  60.Bob Nightengale, “40 Years Later, Hank Aaron’s Grace a Beauty to Behold,” USA Today, April 8, 2014, http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/04/07/hank-aaron-40th-anniversary-of-715-home-run-babe-ruth/7432225/?sf24769494=1.

  61.Geoffrey Dickens, “The Top 20 Worst Chris Matthews Quotes Calling Obama Critics Racists,” MRC NewsBusters, November 7, 2013, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2013/11/07/top-20-worst-chris-matthews-quotes-calling-obama-critics-racist.

  62.Chuck Todd and Carrie Dann, “Landrieu on Obama: South Not Always ‘Friendliest Place for African-Americans,” NBC News, October 30, 2014, http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-voters/landrieu-obama-south-not-always-friendliest-place-african-americans-n237826.

  63.Linda Feldmann, “Landrieu’s Last Stand: Why Deep South White Democrats Are Vanishing,” Christian Science Monitor, December 5, 2014, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2014/1205/Landrieu-s-last-stand-why-Deep-South-white-Democrats-are-vanishing.

  64.Melinda Deslatte and Bill Barrow, “Senate’s Last Deep South Democrat Ousted in Runoff Election,” PBS, December 7, 2014, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/senates-last-deep-south-democrat-ousted-runoff-election/.

  65.Deirdre Walsh, “Last White Democrat from Deep South Loses Congressional Seat,” CNN, updated November 5, 2014, http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/05/politics/last-southern-white-democrat-in-congress/.

  66.Aaron Blake, “Louisiana Democratic Chair: Opposition to Obamacare Is about Race,” Washington Post, May 29, 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/29/louisiana-democratic-chair-opposition-toobamacare-is-about-race/.

  67.Andrew Kaczynski, “Democratic Congressman Makes Shocking Racial Comments about Republicans, Clarence Thomas, Mitch McConnell,” Fox News, no date, http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/04/30/democratic-congressman-makes-shocking-racial-comments-about-republicans-clarence-thomas.

  68.Burgess Everett, “Jay Rockefeller, Ron Johnson Duel over ‘Race Card,’” Politico, updated May 23, 2014, http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/jay-rockefeller-john-johnson-race-106983.html.

  69.Kathryn A. Wolfe, “Jay Rockefeller: Some Obama Foes Think He’s the ‘Wrong Color,’” Politico, updated May 21, 2014, http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/jay-rockefeller-barack-obama-106401.html.

  70.Robert Scheer, “Racism and Cruelty: What’s Behind the GOP’s Healthcare Agenda?,” Nation, October 8, 2013, http://www.thenation.com/article/176540/racism-and-cruelty-whats-behind-gops-healthcare-agenda#.

  71.Sarah Kliff, “It’s Official: The Feds Will Run Most Obamacare Exchanges,” Washington Post, February 18, 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/18/its-official-the-feds-will-run-most-obamacare-exchanges/.

  72.Robert Schlesinger, “DNC Chair: Romney Welfare Attacks Are Racist,” U.S. News & World Report,
August 30, 2012, http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2012/08/30/dnc-chair-romney-welfare-attacks-are-racist.

  73.Al Sharpton, “Attorney General Eric Holder Has Been ‘Stopped and Frisked,’” Huffington Post, August 20, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/eric-holder-contempt-fast-and-furious_b_1613079.html.

  74.Tom Kertscher, “In Context: Were Paul Ryan’s Poverty Comments a ‘Thinly Veiled Racial Attack’?,” PolitiFact, March 14, 2014, http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2014/mar/14/context-paul-ryans-poverty-comments-racial-attack/.

  75.Paul Krugman, “That Old-Time Whistle,” New York Times, March 16, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/opinion/krugman-that-old-time-whistle.html.

  76.Paul Krugman, “The Town Hall Mob,” New York Times, August 6, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/opinion/07krugman.html.

  77.Noah Rothman, “Matthews on Tea Party Claiming Will of ‘American People’: ‘Do They Still Count Blacks as 3/5ths?,’” Mediaite, October 17, 2013, http://www.mediaite.com/tv/matthews-on-tea-party-claiming-will-of-american-people-do-they-still-count-blacks-as-35ths/.

  78.Elias Isquith, “Charlie Rangel: Tea Party Is Made Up of ‘Mean, Racist People’ from Former ‘Slave-Holding’ States,” Salon.com, March 19, 2014, http://www.salon.com/2014/03/19/charlie_rangel_tea_party_is_made_up_of_mean_racist_people_from_former_slave_holding_states/.

  79.“Olbermann: Racism Is in the Tea Party’s Heart,” RealClearPolitics, March 23, 2010, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/03/23/olbermann_racism_is_in_the_tea_partys_heart.html.

  80.Ryan Grim and Luke Johnson, “Is the Tea Party Racist? Ask Some Actual, Out-of-the-Closet Racists,” Huffington Post, updated November 5, 2013, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/tea-party-racist_n_4158262.html.

  81.Colbert I. King, “The Tea Party Resurrects the Spirit of the Old Confederacy,” Washington Post, October 4, 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-the-tea-party-resurrects-the-spirit-of-the-old-confederacy/2013/10/04/95b37f6e-2c7b-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html.

  82.Kenneth T. Walsh, “Obama Says Race a Key Component in Tea Party Protests,” U.S. News & World Report, March 2, 2011, http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/03/02/obama-says-race-a-key-component-in-tea-party-protests?page=3.

  83.Marjorie Kehe, “Kate Zernike on ‘Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America,’” Christian Science Monitor, October 21, 2010, http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2010/1021/Kate-Zernike-on-Boiling-Mad-Inside-Tea-Party-America.

  84.Jennifer Epstein, “Nancy Pelosi Calls GOP Budget ‘a War on Women,’” Politico, April 8, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52793.html.

  85.Amanda Marcotte, “Mad 21st Century Men,” American Prospect, March 26, 2012.

  86.Joan Walsh, “GOP’s Economic War on Women about to Explode,” Salon.com, September 25, 2013, http://www.salon.com/2013/09/25/gop’s_economic_war_on_women_about_to_explode.

  87.Kirsten Powers, “Bill O’Reilly Is Not Sexist,” USA Today, September 9, 2014, http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/09/09/kirsten-powers-bill-oreilly-is-no-sexist/15360175/.

  88.Brad Wilmouth, “MSNBC Hits Limbaugh’s ‘Venom and Hate’ and ‘Anti-Women Crusader’ Cuccinelli,” Media Research Center, November 11, 2013, http://mrc.org/biasalerts/msnbc-hits-limbaughs-venom-and-hate-and-anti-women-crusader-cuccinelli.

  89.Aaron Camp, “Ken Cuccinelli, of All People, Comes Out against Electoral College Rigging,” Daily Kos, January 26, 2013, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/26/1182343/-Ken-Cuccinelli-of-all-people-comes-out-against-Electoral-College-rigging.

  90.Exit Polls—Va. Governor, New York Times, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/projects/elections/2013/general/virginia/exit-polls.html.

  91.Michelle Goldberg, “Michelle Goldberg on the Ann Romney Hitler Tempest,” Daily Beast, May 14, 2012, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/14/michelle-goldberg-on-the-ann-romney-hitler-tempest.html.

  92.Powers, “Bill O’Reilly Is Not Sexist.”

  93.Joe Strupp, “George Will Ohio Campus Appearance Sparks Protests over Rape Column,” Media Matters for America, October 20, 2014, http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/10/20/george-will-ohio-campus-appearance-sparks-prote/201233; Erin Gloria Ryan, “Washington Post Defends George Will’s Atrocious Rape Column,” Jezebel, June 12, 2014, http://jezebel.com/washington-post-defends-george-wills-atrocious-rape-col-1590127910.

  94.Emily Yoffe, “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk,” Slate, October 15, 2013, http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/10/sexual_assault_and_drinking_teach_women_the_connection.html.

  95.James Hamblin, “How Not to Talk about the Culture of Sexual Assault,” Atlantic, March 29, 2014, http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/how-notto-talk-about-the-culture-of-sexual-assault/359845/; Lori Adelman, “Dear Prudence Columnist Publishes Rape Denialism Manifesto Advising Women to ‘Stop Getting Drunk,’” Feministing, October 16, 2013, http://feministing.com/2013/10/16/emily-yoffe-aka-dear-prudence-publishes-rape-denialism-manifesto-tells-women-point-blank-to-stop-getting-drunk-to-avoid-rape/; Olivia Fleming, “‘Don’t Drink if You Don’t Want to Get Raped’: Female Advice Columnist Causes Backlash with Controversial Opinion on How to Prevent Sexual Assault,” Daily Mail, October 17, 2013, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2465278/Dont-drink-dont-want-raped-Female-advice-columnist-causes-backlash-controversial-opinion-prevent-sexual-assault.html.

  96.Jed Rubenfeld, “Mishandling Rape,” New York Times, November 15, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/opinion/sunday/mishandling-rape.html?_r=0.

  97.Robby Soave, “Liberal Feminists, Stop Smearing Critics as Rape Apologists,” Reason.com, November 17, 2014, http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/17/liberal-feminists-stop-smearing-critics.

  98.Emily Yoffe, “Emily Yoffe Responds to Her Critics,” Slate, October 18, 2013, http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/18/rape_culture_and_binge_drinking_emily_yoffe_responds_to_her_critics.html.

  99.Ben Smith, “Media Matters’ War against Fox,” Politico, updated March 27, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51949.html.

  100.Lloyd Grove, “Was Reporter Sheryl Attkisson Too Right-Wing for CBS?,” Daily Beast, October 29, 2014, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/29/was-reporter-sharyl-attkisson-too-right-wing-for-cbs.html.

  101.Matt Gertz, “After Criticizing Journalists Who Are Too Close To Politicians, Sharyl Attkisson Parties With Darrell Issa,” Media Matters for America, November 7, 2014 http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/11/07/after-criticizing-journalists-who-are-too-close/201495; Dylan Byers, “Sharyl Attkisson Resigns from CBS News,” Politico, March 10, 2014, http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/03/sharyl-attkisson-to-leave-cbs-news-184836.html.

  102.“Was a Former CBS Correspondent Hacked by the Government?,” MSNBC, November 7, 2014, http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-interviews-sharyl-attkisson-355291203735; Part 2: “The Cynic’s Case against Sharyl Attkisson,” MSNBC, November 7, 2014, http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/the-cynics-case-against-sharyl-attkisson-355289667971 11-7-2014.

  103.Matthew Yglesias, “Boyer Plate,” American Prospect, November 17, 2003, http://prospect.org/article/boyer-plate.

  104.Ibid.

  105.“Who Is Fox News’ Peter Boyer,” Media Matters for America, January 24, 2014, http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/24/who-is-fox-news-peter-boyer/197730.

  106.“Biography: Peter Boyer—Correspondent,” PBS, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/waco/peterboyer.html.

  107.Ron Fournier, “On Deadline: Obama Walks Arrogance Line,” Associated Press, March 17, 2008, available at DemocraticUnderground.com, http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5123462.

  108.Julia, “Late Night FDL: the Enemy of Your Enemy Might Not Be Your Friend,” Firedoglake, March 28, 2008, http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/28/late-night-fdl-the-enemy-of-your-enemy-might-not-be-your-friend/.

  109.Eric Boehlert, “The AP Has a Ron Fournier Problem,” Media Mat
ters for America, July 22, 2008, http://mediamatters.org/research/2008/07/22/the-ap-has-a-ron-fournier-problem/144113.

  110.MrBurns17, “AP Conservative Shill Ron Fournier: Biden Pick Shows Lack of Confidence,” Daily Kos, August 23, 2008, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/08/23/573459/-AP-Conservative-shill-Ron-Fournier-Biden-pick-shows-lack-of-confidence.

  111.dday, “No Excuses: Ron Fournier Needs to Be Recused or Fired: Huge Update,” Daily Kos, August 23, 2008, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/08/23/573650/-No-excuses-Ron-Fournier-needs-to-be-recused-or-fired-HUGE-UPDATE.

  112.“AP: Stop the Anti-Democrat, Pro-McCain Bias,” MoveOn.org, http://pol.moveon.org/call/?cp_id=797&tg=508.532.

  113.Jane Hamsher, “Action: Tell AP to Remove Ron Fournier from the Presidential Beat,” Firedoglake, August 23, 2008, http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/23/action-tell-ap-to-remove-ron-fournier-from-the-presidential-beat/.

  114.“Remove Ron Fournier,” Firedoglake, http://action.firedoglake.com/page/speakout/fournier.

  115.Ron Fournier, “What if Obama Can’t Lead?,” National Journal, July 31, 2013, http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/what-if-obama-can-t-lead-20130731.

  116.Ron Fournier, “Why I’m Getting Sick of Defending Obamacare,” National Journal, February 11, 2014, http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/why-i-m-getting-sick-of-defending-obamacare-20140211.

  117.Tom Kludt, “Ron Fournier Is a Liberal Journalist, According to RNC Chairman,” Talking Points Memo, February 12, 2014, http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ron-fournier-liberal-journalist-rnc-chairman-reince-priebus.

  CHAPTER THREE: ILLIBERAL INTOLERANCE AND INTIMIDATION

  1.“HRC Protests Chick-fil-A Food Truck,” Human Rights Campaign, July 25, 2012, http://www.hrc.org/press-releases/entry/hrc-protests-chick-fil-a-food-truck; Cavan Sieczkowski, “Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy Speaks Out on Gay Marriage Controversy,” Huffington Post, updated March 19, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/chick-fil-a-dan-cathy-gay-marriage_n_4980682.html.

  2.Lindsay Abrams, “Chick-fil-A: Antibiotic-Free, but Still Pretty Terrible,” Salon.com, February 12, 2014, http://www.salon.com/2014/02/12/chick_fil_a_antibiotic_free_but_still_pretty_terrible/.