Media outlets mention that Pete Buttigieg was a Rhodes scholar far more often than they mention that Cory Booker was one too.
Many media outlets haven’t been able to get enough of the fact that Buttigieg is a veteran, the mayor of a Midwestern city and smart to boot. He went to Harvard. He speaks eight languages. He reads James Joyce.
But Buttigieg, of course, isn’t the only brainy person in the race. In fact, he isn’t even the only Rhodes scholar.HuffPost searched mentions in U.S. publications for 2019, finding that news outlets cited Buttigieg’s Rhodes scholarship 596 times.“Cory is a former college football player, Rhodes Scholar, tenants rights lawyer, New Jersey city councilman, Mayor of Newark and now Senator of New Jersey.
For Buttigieg: “Buttigieg is drawing crowds of 250 in small towns, and 350 people came to hear him speak on a recent Friday night in Portsmouth. People are interested in him and his unique background as a 37-year-old veteran and Rhodes Scholar who is also gay. He could move up on the list, but his problem will be convincing voters to go with him versus other higher profile candidates. He doesn’t have his own niche.
There isn’t one reason for the disparity. Booker has had a longer career ― he was a Rhodes scholar and a mayor, but is also a U.S. senator ― whereas Buttigieg hasn’t served in public office beyond being a mayor. And there’s likely more fascination with Buttigieg’s background, because he’s a newer face on the scene.
There also seems to be outsize attention on Buttigieg’s credentials and a fascination with what Jay Caspian Kang, in a New York Times Magazine article, called “‘internetty smarts’ ― intelligence reduced down to a collection of references and images.”
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