If you are a woman who supports abortion rights, higher taxes, socialized medicine, believes in the necessity of government action to fight climate change, and opposes enhanced border security, you are more likely to receive very favorable coverage from the liberal media. If you are an African American woman who is married to Barack Obama and hold these views, you are treated like a media rock star.
This is exactly what Michelle Obama has received ever since she burst upon the national scene as her husband started his presidential campaign in 2007. Despite some tepid criticism of her unpopular school lunch program, some reporting on her controversial statements and her expensive and extravagant travel schedule, Michelle Obama was rarely challenged or criticized by the fawning media masquerading as independent journalists.