NYT's Powell Defends Michelle Obama on MSNBC

Published: June 18, 2008, 5:37 pm

Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, michael powell, michelle obama, tamron hall, msnbc live, cable television, msnbc, new york times, major newspapers

The Obama campaign is trying to re-create Michelle Obama after her stumbles on the campaign trail, and the mainstream media are more than willing to pitch in. Earlier today, NewsBusters contributor Clay Waters, director of the MRC's Times Watch project, critiqued a New York Times story, written by Michael Powell and Jodi Kantor, which helped Obama soften her image and suggested that her "proud of my country" remarks were unfairly covered. Powell reprised his work spinning Michelle Obama on MSNBC today. The Times staffer sat down with MSNBC's Tamron Hall during the 9 AM hour of the June 18 "MSNBC News Live." During this time, Powell claimed that the potential first lady's harsh image has "certainly been imposed on her," as though Mrs. Obama's statements do not reflect who she really is and that those who criticize her public pronouncements are somehow putting words in her mouth. Hall asserted that there was only one statement made by Obama that was

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