There was an old shampoo commercial in the ‘80s with the tagline, “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.” That could be Melania’s line. The lamestream media that spent a decade telling us that a frumpy, repulsive moose named Michelle Obama was the most beautiful, beloved, accomplished First Lady ever never gave Melania a fair shake. They hate her like they hated her husband, bashed her constantly and then crow that she has that negative approval rating that they worked so hard to create. If Melania, who never was anything other than gracious to everyone, has low ratings with the public, it says far more about the media and their ability to play the public for fools than it does about Melania.
They trashed Melania every time she was in public. Which exactly as you said, said more about the media than it did about our First Lady. But then news today is all about the pundits and reporters.