CNN reporter assigned to first lady Melania Trump really shouldn't have shared this text

Brett T. | 9:43 PM on October 13, 2018

Kate Bennett’s Twitter bio says she covers first lady Melania Trump for CNN. So we’re not quite sure why a journalist assigned to the first lady would be posting texts like this one instead of, you know, covering the news?

A text from a friend last night while watching @FLOTUS interview: “She’s Trump, just in a better-fitting suit.”

— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) October 13, 2018

So she’s indistinguishable from her husband outside her wardrobe? That doesn’t sound like … news. It sounds terribly sexist and misinformed.

#journalism

— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) October 14, 2018

This is CNN. https://t.co/kdbnqKdytT

— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) October 14, 2018

This is CNN reporting now. #TextbookJournalism https://t.co/2dbCcwV7YK

— Austin "Badg3rman" Smith? (@TheBadg3rman) October 14, 2018

Scoop: CNN 'reporter' shares her personal text messages as newsworthy. https://t.co/gZ6nW3CoCh

— Rev. Ducati ⚠️ (@Reverend_Ducati) October 13, 2018

Should I start posting all my texts of people being critical of CNN? It’s a lot

— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) October 13, 2018

This is the CNN reporter on the FLOTUS beat.

Half of America longs for the good old days of the media, at least pretending, to be objective.

— Jacobs (@captainsolo53) October 13, 2018

Straight-up activism, Mean Girls style. ?#journalism https://t.co/FrTlKo61Fx

— Due Process for All or Due Process for None. (@CrackaJackin) October 14, 2018

How is this reporter on the White House corps? https://t.co/3x3FlIdUYW

— Jer b (@Jerbonen) October 14, 2018

Your friend should have texted you that it's probably not appropriate to post this thought while you're assigned as a reporter on the FLOTUS beat for a major network. https://t.co/qENM2O8Leo

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 14, 2018