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Michelle Obama says it was “absolutely not surprising” that folks took issue with her satellite appearance at the Oscars.
Her video drop-in from the White House to announce best picture sparked a national debate over whether it was appropriate, and some conservative critics accused her of crashing the event in an attempt to upstage it.
She attributed the chatter to a culture shift that has spawned legions of bloggers, tweeters and others who talk about anything and everything all the time.
“Shoot, my bangs set off a national conversation. My shoes can set off a national conversation. That’s just sort of where we are. We’ve got a lot of talking going on,” the first lady told AP Thursday before an appearance in Chicago, her hometown. “It’s like everybody’s kitchen-table conversation is now accessible to everybody else so there’s a national conversation about anything.”
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