From Real Clear Politics:
White House Hypocritical Attack on Politico
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Politico’s top editor, John Harris, wrote a piece Monday headlined: “7 stories Obama doesn’t want told.” It was a well-written summary of the narratives that are floating around the Obama presidency.
Many prominent liberal blogs immediately took issue with the story. They believe those narratives are wrong. Of course, that does not mean the narratives aren’t real.
The White House also pushed back. And that pushback is worth discussing. Marc Ambinder highlights a leaked White House email titled, “7 narratives Politico is fighting in their efforts to get an interview with the President.” Take point three in the email: Politico is “more interested in gossip than news.”
Consider the source. Obama’s team has peddled its share of gossip. Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, David Plouffe, recently admitted: “It was our researchers who found John Edwards’ infamous $400 hair cut expenditures.” They passed that “research” along.
Full disclosure, I worked for Politico. I personally understand the issues with some of Politico’s reportage. But so does Harris. It’s journalism’s perennial vegetable versus dessert argument. Put simply, Politico’s more sensational reporting can be debated but it clearly satisfies a demand. That demand has grown with the cable and online beast. And it takes more than policy to feed that beast. This is also Politico not Policyco, as some staff frame the point.
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