http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7132/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/michelle-obama-plays-santa-claus-rachel-swarns-gifts-her-gushing-coverage <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Rachel Swarns continues to adore the first lady and her pet causes, filing two celebratory nytimes.com pieces, one calling Michelle Obama Santa Claus, the other celebrating the White House&#039;s &quot;Winter Garden.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Reporter Rachel Swarns showered adoration on first lady Michelle Obama and her pet White House projects in two postings on the paper's "Caucus" blog Wednesday afternoon. First up, the first lady as Santa Claus in "<a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/first-lady-lauds-toy-donation-drive/">First Lady Lauds Toy Donation Drive</a>." Swarns was effusive:<br /><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">Michelle Obama got to play Santa Claus on Wednesday, bringing a vanload of toys to a Virginia warehouse for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/michelle-obama-plays-santa-claus-rachel-swarns-gifts-her-gushing-coverage" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Garden LauraBush liberalmediabias MichelleObama NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias RachelSwarns TimesWatch ToysforTots Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:05:00 +0000 admin 7263 at http://archive2.mrc.org