Jodi Kantor

Is it Better For Women Not To Think About 'Women's Issues'?

Kate Fridkis | Posted 04.26.2012

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I want to be a woman who doesn't care. One of those women who doesn't notice. A woman who doesn't pay attention to girly stuff. To the stuff that women are supposed to care about.

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Jodi Kantor: Michelle Obama's Life In The Spotlight

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 03.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Jodi Kantor's recent book,"The Obamas," is a best-selling portrait of the president and first lady's lives in the White House, and one t...

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Scrutiny Forced Obama Family To Abandon One Plan

Posted 02.22.2012

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The Obamas weren't ready for the level of scrutiny the First Family endures, according to New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, author of the controver...

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Two Words That Shouldn't Have Appeared In A Review Of 'The Obamas'

Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 04.20.2012

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I thought after the Great Jonathan Franzen Debacle of 2001, no man would ever again dare to suggest publicly that there is an inferior class of books that only women read.

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WATCH: Soledad O'Brien's Extremely Tense Clash With Author Of Controversial Obama Book

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 03.14.2012

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CNN's Soledad O'Brien had an extremely tense conversation on Friday's "Starting Point" with the author of a controversial new book about the Obamas. ...

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Kantor Book Dust-up Misses the Point: Michelle Obama Could Be This Generation's Eleanor Roosevelt

Rebecca Sive | Posted 03.13.2012

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The questions arise -- is Michelle Obama doing what she really wants? Is she OK with her current public image and public activities? Or has this image been foisted on her by her husband's political advisers?

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Sarah Palin Slams Michelle Obama

Posted 01.12.2012

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tore into Michelle Obama on Fox News Wednesday, criticizing the first lady for what she characterized as a recent conde...

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Author Of Controversial Obama Book Admits Some Flaws

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 03.13.2012

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The New York Times reporter who authored a controversial new book about the Obamas said on Thursday that she "could have been more precise" about a pa...

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WATCH: Michelle Obama Sets The Record Straight About Her Marriage

Posted 01.11.2012

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First lady Michelle Obama stopped by "CBS This Morning" Wednesday to address claims about her relationship with the President that are made in New Yor...

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Can You Ever REALLY Get Inside Someone's Marriage?

Posted 01.11.2012

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Jodi Kantor's tell-all on the First Family, "The Obamas," hit bookstores Tuesday after weeks of anticipation and speculation. Kantor, a seasoned N...

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Dumping on The Obamas

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.11.2012

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The Obamas won't be the last book to corral a legion of unnamed alleged inside sources to spin their personal grudges and wounded slights into a juicy tangle of rumor, gossip, and exaggerations to sell a book.

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New Book On The Obamas Goes Inside The First Marriage (Or Does It)?

Posted 01.10.2012

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New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor's new book, "The Obamas," purports to reveal the inner workings of the first family's relationship. But is it...

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Rahm Says He Has 'Great Relationship' With Obamas After Book Details Drama

Posted 01.09.2012

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel briefly responded to reports of tension between himself, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during a press conference on...

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President Obama Hosted Alice In Wonderland Party With Johnny Depp At White House

Posted 03.09.2012

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President Obama threw a star-studded, "Alice In Wonderland"-themed Halloween party at the White House in 2009, New York Times correspondent Jodi Kanto...

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Are There Tensions Between The First Lady And White House Aides?

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.08.2012

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WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama is a behind-the-scenes force in the White House whose opinions on policy and politics drew her into confl...

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White House Dismisses 'The Obamas' Book As 'Old News'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.06.2012

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Jodi Kantor's detailed new book on the first family has already drawn strong pushback from the Obama administration. White House spokesman Eric Schult...

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Obama White House Details Revealed In New Book

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.09.2012

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Then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in the winter of 2010 after a series of columns appeare...

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The Times' Distorted Professor Obama

John K. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jodi Kantor's piece about Obama's time as a teacher at the University of Chicago is leading and gets a lot wrong. I know because I was a student in one of his classes.

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