Can Black Women Be Trusted to Report on Michelle Obama?

Howard Kurtz had a remarkable column in today’s Washington Pos t about the role of race for female reporters covering Michelle Obama.   It seems that in recent decades, as magazine and newspaper editors have put a big emphasis on diversity in their reporters they may have made a mistake.   Looking at the press pool covering the First Lady, Kurtz noted that five were African-American women.  As Kurtz points out, “whether racial and gender identification produces a gauzier, more favorable portray

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