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Ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a potential Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential race, said that the media has a double standard for reporting on women when asked if one existed during a joint interview April 3 with Christine Lagarde, the first woman to run the International Monetary Fund. Close

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Ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a potential Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential race, said that the media has a double standard for reporting on women when asked if one existed during a joint interview April 3 with Christine Lagarde, the first woman to run the International Monetary Fund.

Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in saying that influential women face a double standard in coverage by the media.

I never expected anything but a double standard, Pelosi, a California Democrat, said in an interview with CNNs Candy Crowley airing today.

As one who has been the speaker of the House, Ive had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that has been thrown at me, Pelosi, 74, said in an excerpt released by CNN yesterday.

Clinton, a potential Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential race, said that the media has a double standard for reporting on women when asked if one existed during a joint interview April 3 with Christine Lagarde, the first woman to run the International Monetary Fund.

We have all either experienced it or at the very least seen the double standard in media coverage, Clinton said at the Women in the World Summit in Manhattan, during which she and Lagarde discussed barriers to gaining equal access to education, health care and economic opportunity.

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