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In Defense of Clothing Coverage

February 12, 2009

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At the Washington Post columnist Jeanne McManus argues for more, non-“ham-handed” coverage of what Michelle Obama wears:

I understand the dilemma faced by mainstream media in the coverage of this first lady at this moment in time. Of course, there are ham-handed ways of weaving details about her clothes into news stories….

There are even “ham-handed ways,” when it comes to covering powerful women, of making details about someone’s style

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Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.