The article went on to describe a “candidate with a Hillary Clinton-like problem that just won’t go away.”
Why won’t it go away? Because we keep writing about it. The Globe euphemistically calls this a “media moment.” The actual term is probably “circle jerk,” but it’s a family paper.
The case of Warren is similar to the “Wimp factor” that dogged George H.W. Bush or Al Gore’s “Bore factor.” We create a media narrative, then challenge candidates to fight their way out of it.
The infamous “wimp factor” story in Newsweek led off with a tale about Bush’s college career as a light-hitting first baseman. It then declared Bush now “must show that he can hit political hardballs.”
Translation: we’re going to keep throwing this pitch, until you hit it out of the public conversation.
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