& STRANGELY enough, IIRC the NYT DIDN'T run a front page story and generate all sorts of furor when the republicans did it. 🧐

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The GOP has done this in FL and I seem to remember either TX or AZ in recent years.

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My issues are 1) it's legal 2) men do it all the time and 3) if Mitch McConnell did he'd be praised as a savvy operator. It's the double standard about women in power that's the problem, and it's an ongoing issue at the Times.

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It's fine of course to report it, but ginning up the outrage bells and whistles (breaking news alerts, etc.) for an old story about a minor bit of ratfucking that both sides have engaged in for years, feels like overkill. Especially in a week that saw new credible rape allegations against POTUS.

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Thank you. It’s the packaging I object to — especially because in our current information environment, the packaging is ALL THAT MATTERS.

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