Not smart enough. A terrible person. Obnoxious.

These are just some of the more recent insults U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly hurled at female reporters in response to their questions.

But calling Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey "piggy" on Air Force One, and then berating ABC News' Mary Bruce a few days later, has raised questions about just how much journalists are expected to tolerate as they do their jobs.

As some industry experts have pointed out, the issue goes well beyond these two incidents, or even Trump, who has a history of both attacking the press and calling women pigs .

"These incidents are not isolated; they are part of an unmistakable pattern of hostility — often directed at women — that undermines the essential role of a free and independent press," t

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