Pollak: Maybe the Media Will Treat Melania Trump Like the First Lady This TimeJoel B. Pollak 18 Nov 2024
Melania Trump will again be the First Lady of the United States — and perhaps, this time, the media will treat her as such.
Not one magazine bothered to feature Mrs. Trump on its cover during President Donald Trump’s entire first term, despite her philanthropic work on the “Be Best” anti-bullying campaign, and despite her long and storied career as a cover model (née Melania Knauss) in high demand before her husband entered the political fray.
Breitbart News was the only outlet to feature the First Lady, frequently noting her fashion choices, which were often inspired and original. In contrast, the media had gushed over First Lady Michelle Obama’s outfits — which, while occasionally interesting, were often perceived by the public as garish. The media also fêted Obama and First Lady Jill Biden, with Vogue featuring the current First Lady days after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance.
Melania Trump called out the media’s bias in an interview in 2022, as Breitbart News noted at the time:
Trump’s comments came during an interview with Fox and Friends Weekend’s Pete Hegseth, in which he pointed out that the last three first ladies who were the wives of Democratic presidents had made the cover during their respective tenures in the White House. A clip of the interview was shared on Twitter by former Florida prosecutor Ron Filipkowski.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1525447029262016514more
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2024/11/18/pollak-maybe-the-media-will-treat-melania-trump-like-the-first-lady-this-time/
