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It wasn't just 'fake news' presenting a fake Hillary Clinton

  • Written by Leigh Gilmore, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Wellesley College
imageDid we hold Clinton to an unreasonably high standard?AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Despite Hillary Clinton’s long and demonstrable commitment to public service and liberal reform, many voters in the 2016 presidential election were persuaded that she was corrupt, mercenary and even murderous. A sinister Hillary Clinton dominated conservative media, but...

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