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Ms Obama heaped praise on the 69-year-old, highlighting the many responsibilities she has carried, including roles as a teacher, official obligations in the White House and motherhood. The tribute, shared with her 44million followers, came after the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by former university lecturer, Joseph Epstein, 83.
The Wall Street Journal doubled down after a column from essayist Joseph Epstein sparked controversy over the weekend for misogynistic views, suggesting soon-to-be first lady Jill Biden stop using the title doctor, though she is one. These pages aren’t going to stop publishing provocative essays merely because they offend the new administration or the political censors in the media and academe, wrote Journal editorial page editor Paul A. Gigot in a column posted Sunday evening. And since it’s a time to heal, we’ll give the Biden crowd a mulligan for their attacks on us.
Nearly every major news outlet ran a story over the weekend on the backlash from Epstein s Friday column, which also referred to the 69-year-old educator with a doctorate of education degree as kiddo. Among the critics: Doug Emhoff, husband to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Northwestern University, where Epstein says he taught for 30 years, and Biden herself.
The Wall Street Journal asking her to stop using the title Dr. has prompted widespread backlash. Chris O Meara / AP
Updated at 8:25 a.m. ET Monday
An opinion column in
The
Wall Street Journal came under fire over the weekend for asking educator and incoming first lady Jill Biden who holds two master s degrees and a doctorate in education to stop using the title Dr.
In the op-ed published Friday evening, writer Joseph Epstein, former editor of
The American Scholar magazine, urged Biden to drop the title, a message that public figures and women in academia panned on Twitter as misogynistic both in substance and tone.
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