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After theNew York Times Styles Twitter account linked out to a story about Michelle Obama's evolution as a political leader the tweet was deleted and Japan Archivesnew wording was used in a different tweet for the same story.

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The original post read, "How @FLOTUS shed an angry black woman caricature and evolved into a political powerhouse." That tweet was deleted after many commented on the offensive language.

The NYT Styles account noted the change later Tuesday afternoon and re-wrote the post with this verbiage instead: "The Closer: Michelle Obama." A parenthetical thought read, "deleted earlier tweets for language that some found offensive."

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Soon after the post with the "angry black woman caricature" went up, responses to the Styles tweet flooded Twitter. The story itself went online on Saturday with the headline: "The Closer: Michelle Obama" and sub-headline: "Dismissed early on by critics, the first lady has evolved into a powerful presence on the campaign trail."

The link to the Twitter post has since been removed.


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