For nearly a decade, mainstream media outlets and their journalists protected Michelle Obama from any criticism. Any critic of the former First Lady was a racist. This has long been the tradition with First Ladies and children of the President. However, when it comes to Melania Trump, they’ve become piranhas.
Supermodel and music video vixen Emily Ratajkowski went to the Grammy Awards on Sunday night and was appalled to hear a New York Times reporter call the First Lady “a hooker.”
Sat next to a journalist from the NYT last night who told me “Melania is a hooker.” Whatever your politics it’s crucial to call this out for
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) February 13, 2017
what it is: slut shaming. I don’t care about her nudes or sexual history and no one should.
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) February 13, 2017
Gender specific attacks are disgusting sexist bullshit.
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) February 13, 2017
Ratajkowski is no conservative either. She endorsed and campaigned for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the 2016 Democratic primary.
Politico reporter Kelsey Sutton tweeted that the Times had reprimanded the reporter, but refused to give his name or beat.
The New York Times says it has reprimanded this reporter for this “completely inappropriate” remark https://t.co/ZbuS7sTP8v https://t.co/hLUeBnxC8S
— Kelsey Sutton (@kelseymsutton) February 13, 2017
The disciplinary actions haven’t stopped internet personalities and conservative journalists from attempting to find the identity of the reporter. They’ve called into question the honesty of mainstream journalists given that they have such deep seeded hatred for the Trumps.
