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There’s a Reason Many Voters Have Negative Views of Warren—But the Press Won’t Tell You Why

The media have focused on her comparatively low approval ratings—but not the misogyny that drives them.
Source: Jonathan Bachman / Reuters

Read enough news reports about Elizabeth Warren’s declaration that she is running for president, and you notice certain common features. In its story on her announcement, that Warren has “become a favorite target of conservatives” and that, in a recent national poll, “only about 30 percent [of respondents] viewed her favorably, with 37 percent holding an unfavorable view.” that Warren’s claim “that she was Native American” has “come under relentless attack from Republican opponents.” It also quoted a editorial that called Warren “a divisive figure.” On CNN, the election analyst Harry Enten that Warren’s “very liberal record, combined with the fact that Donald

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