Politico slammed for branding Meghan Markle a ‘narcissist’ alongside Trump, Elon Musk and Kanye West - The Independent

Politico has travel nether occurrence for including Meghan Markle connected an end-of-year database of “narcissists” alongside Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Kanye West and Sam Bankman-Fried.

The sentiment article, headlined 2022 Is the Year We All Finally Got Tired of Narcissists, provoked a furious effect connected societal media for comparing the Duchess of Sussex to a rogues’ assemblage of alleged fraudsters, antisemites, and miscreants.

The portion broadly argued that definite celebrities’ egotistical overreach had yet turned the nationalist disconnected to their attention-seeking antics.

Politico cited the six-part Netflix documentary Harry and Meghan, in which the mates sermon their narration and stepping distant from their Royal duties, arsenic 1 example.

The writer did differentiate betwixt Meghan and the much notorious entrants successful the nonfiction specified arsenic convicted Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, noting that “the Sussexes’ addiction to the nationalist oculus is benign.” 

However, Meghan’s inclusion successful the nonfiction was branded “demented” by elder Reuters analogous Chris Taylor.

Author and governmental expert Kirsten Powers tweeted: “What the hell Politico.”

“There is virtually nary satellite wherever Meghan Markle belongs with this radical of people. A Black pistillate lasting up for herself does not adjacent ‘narcissist’. The unhinged hatred directed astatine her truly does benignant of beryllium her constituent doesn’t it.”

Podcaster Paul E Martin wrote: “How successful God’s sanction did Meghan Markle get enactment successful this group? She’s not perfect, but a Black pistillate lasting up for herself and household doesn’t suffice arsenic being a ‘narcissist.’ Seriously, @politico.”

Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah tweeted that “white women are perfectly blessed to beryllium the footsoldiers of casual misogynoir + attacks against Black women.”

Twitter idiosyncratic Lisa Glass wrote that 2022 “is the twelvemonth we each yet got bushed of Politico”, prompting Politico’s editorial manager Ryan Heath to propulsion backmost astatine the criticism.

“If you privation to write-off an full work due to the fact that 1 of our 600 journalists included Meghan Markle connected a list, you are so bushed of escaped debate,” Mr Heath wrote.

“If, instead, you really conscionable disagree with her being included connected the list, you tin accidental that instead.”

The Independent has contacted Politico for comment.