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8 Nov, 3 tweets, 3 min read
Yep - you're reading this right. Experienced politician @KamalaHarris makes US history by becoming the first ever female Vice-President, and @Telegraph gives the story to their beauty editor.

telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news/li…
Harris made history. At time of tweeting, @Telegraph had published two pieces about her win (dozens on Biden)

One, half their coverage, focused on her appearance.

And only one tweet👇🏽

Almost all its coverage of #USElectionResults2020 had only Biden's name and photo in headline
Since, it has published two pieces on Harris' politics.

But it has also published ANOTHER piece about her apperance (right-hand image).

2/5 of @Telegraph pieces centre around her looks.

It only has two facebook posts about her👇🏽

She is a politician, not a model. This matters.

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