Personally I do not think Hillary has much control over her public image. Anything Hillary does can be spun to make it seem like she’s rude/nice/crazy/anything you want. Even when the Monica Lewinsky news broke, the media controlled how the public saw Hillary. They used old photos of her crying to make it seem like was super upset. I’m sure she was upset but they used old photos to get their point across. The media even uses certain camera techniques to portray Hillary in a certain way. For example with spectator positioning, they are able to make viewers feel they are the recipients of Hillary’s anger. Plus you have more conservative media outlets that will never portray Hillary in a good light. While Liberal news outlets will rarely make conservative politicians look good as well. I think very few politicians have control over their own public image. Anything you say as a politician is blown up and made a huge deal.

The use of repetition constructs truths by engraving an idea into your brain. At first when you see an image/story you may not believe it. However after you see something a couple times across multiple networks, you start to believe the story. Hearing the same story from different sources over and over somehow makes us believe the story is more credible. A recent example of repetition in the media was the Bruce Jenner transition news. I remember at first I didn’t believe it when only a couple news outlets were reporting the news. I thought in my head that there was no way Bruce Jenner, the world’s greatest athlete, could feel stuck in the wrong body. I remember after a couple magazines/other news outlets reported he was transitioning that I thought maybe it could be true. Once I heard Diane Sawyer, a credible journalist, was doing a special on Bruce Jenner, I knew the rumors had to be true. It just took seeing the rumors multiple times for me to believe it to be true. An example from the article of repetition being used comes from NBC. The NBC introduction of the changing logos over the years and different anchors serves to constantly remind us of the history of NBC. Seeing the history of anchors over and over makes us believe NBC is a credible news source.

I think feminism has really changed and stayed the same since this article was written. There’s still a pay gap, reproductive rights issues, and many other things. However, I think feminism in the 90’s was a big deal and paved the way for the feminists of today. Feminism in no way is near perfect today, but I think women are for sure taken more serious now. Back in the 90’s, a woman was only thought to be able to support her husband in the White House. Today, we’ve had various women run for president and we may even seen one become our president in the next year. I don’t know if the media’s approach toward feminism has truly changed. I think women are still criticized/judged much more heavily than men.