HOWARD KURTZ: Black Reporters on the Beat of Michelle Obama: Does Race Play a Role in Coverage? What about gender? All the names I see are women. It would be sexist to assign only men to cover Barack, wouldn’t it?

UPDATE: Reader Richard Palmer writes: “Imagine the reporting on Sarah Palin if she were covered by only pro-life, church-going, mothers who live in small towns. I guess that’s why she didn’t have many ‘girlfriend to girlfriend’ moments with the press.”