OE
The leader’s “moral shortcomings” are overlooked or ignored. This isn’t because he was impugned (disputed; called into question), but quite the opposite: he has been lionized (given public attention and approval). Narrativized (presented in a story) is too neutral; it doesn’t address the second part of the sentence. His misogyny, if it is a “considerable moral shortcoming,” can’t be waggish (humorous; mischievous) or risqué (indecent; sexually suggestive). Only incorrigible (inveterate; irredeemable) fits. Finally, his moral failures are “seen as no more than” small or insignificant sins, or peccadilloes, not as such larger failures as malefactions (crimes) or trespasses (sins).
Answer: A,E,H