Politico She’s been accused of including Meghan Markle on the year-end “narcissist” list alongside Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Kanye West and Sam Bankman Freed.
of Opinion articlewith heading 2022 is the year we all finally got tired of narcissistscaused a furious reaction on social media for comparing the Duchess of Sussex to a gallery of alleged crooks, anti-Semites and rogues.
The piece loosely argued that the selfish excesses of certain celebrities ultimately turned the public toward their attention-grabbing antics.
Politico Quoting a six-part Netflix documentary Harry and Meghan, As an example, we discuss a couple’s departure from their relationship and royal duties.
The author distinguishes between Meghan and the article’s notorious participants, including convicted Theranos con artist Elizabeth Holmes, saying that “Sussex’s addiction to the public eye is benign.”
However, Meghan’s inclusion in the article was branded as “demented” by Reuters senior correspondent Chris Taylor.
Author and political analyst Kirsten Powers tweeted. Politico“
“Literally there is no planet on which Meghan Markle belongs to this group of people. A black woman who stands up for herself cannot be called a ‘narcissist.’ Her unwitting hatred directed at her seems to prove her point. “
and @politico — There is literally no planet on which Meghan Markle belongs to this group of people. A black woman who stands up for herself is different from a “narcissist.” Her unexpected hatred towards her kind of proves her point, doesn’t it? pic.twitter.com/4Eism0OUOy
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Podcaster Paul E. Martin wrote: She’s not perfect, but she can’t call a “narcissist” a black woman who stands up for herself and her family. Seriously, @politico.
washington post Columnist Karen Attia tweeted with “White women are perfectly happy to be foot soldiers in casual misogynoir + attacks on black women.”
Meghan Markle’s inclusion on the 2022 list of narcissists angered some Twitter commentators
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Twitter user Lisa Glass writes that 2022 is ‘the year we all finally get bored’ Politico“,prompt Politico Editorial director Ryan Heath refuted the criticism.
“If you want to write off an entire publication because one of our 600 journalists included Meghan Markle on the list, you’re really sick of free discussion.
“Alternatively, if you actually disagree with her being on the list, you can say so instead.”
Independent Contacted Politico for comments.
