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While the other papers all call this the centerpiece of Clinton's China trip, the WP claims that Clinton's team thought the televised press conference with Jiang Zemin had usurped this role, and so were downplaying the Beijing speech.
Microsoft execs in general are well-known for downplaying the company's future prospects.
Is The Post downplaying the Times scoop or did the NYT overplay its hand?
On the other hand, Fiorina is making too little of her accomplishment because she's downplaying just how talented she had to be to rise as fast as she has and to overcome all the lingering prejudices against women executives, especially in the old-line technology industry.
Several shows react to the recent abortion fudges by John McCain and George W. Bush--in which both candidates assert their pro-life bona fides while downplaying the importance of the issue.