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gotta figure that someone at the post figured out that a new mom with machine gun lips left behind as a missile decoy might talk

I have a new saying: power corrupts, but access corrodes.

I think they’re just incredibly easy for presidents to manipulate. Dubya walked with all his cutesy nicknames for reporters so Trump could run with his army of blond young women who lie with abandon while making reporters feel they’re special.

It’s the last two sentences. Everything before it is an acknowledgement of her and their hypocrisy, which is good to know. But…Thank You???

I think he genuinely needs to believe that the administration and its lackeys are just "playing the game" and proof is in the supposed kindness behind the scenes, when the Game is on pause.

Chalk it up to a form of reporter stockholm syndrome.

Y'know, Hitler liked dogs

I think there is also a personality type that is fostered in certain elite circles that involves a carefully calibrated sucking up. Some of us have been adjacent to those spaces but we were taught to call bullshit so we check out.

Political reporting isn't a career that rewards clever muckrakers. Your job is primarily to be a conduit to disseminate information how and when the owner of that information wants it public. The best person for that is an amiable nitwit content with being an unthinking pawn in exchange for access.

Were all previous press ppl assholes who wouldn’t privately engage?

People are saying Eric Lipton is an easily manipulated simpleton, but consider this: I am too

one doesn't really get the sense he's thought much about that, or he's so boxed in by the legal and ownership constraints of his employer he was just babbling, at which point it's better off to just be quiet

I would be happy to switch places with her so that she could occupy a subsidiary catering cart while I got blown out of the sky by Houthis, proclaim Eric and Peter, both wiping tears from their eyes.

Some just dont want to live in a world of accountability.

also the ownership of these outlets has a very particular employment type

You can be both evil and “not too bright”. Especially in this case where he is being willfully stupid. Lies are evil

If your goal is the truth you’re right but if your goal is ACCESS, which increasingly is the goal, then Segal is correct.

it's a big club, and you ain't in it

What should we expect from Frat Boy's and Sororiety Girls from the 1%?

Does the snearing come with a fun exclamation point? That really seems to make a difference for these folk. They're right! It is very cheery!

Your parents were...?

Wonder how many of them are nepo babies

Is the increase from 99.99% to 99.999%?

Peter Sagal jumping off the cliff with Eric is so romantic.

thanks!

And yes, the very conservative ones almost entirely saw their role as one of advocacy and knew they would be rewarded if they were good advocates. Some of them were just mediocre and many of them were irrationally resentful and wanted the rewards of broadcasting what they were told to broadcast.

heartwarming

Say what you will about the man but he grilled a damn good steak

Not very bright, and with a pathetic need to feel like the flacks they deal with have at least some professional respect for them. When in fact -- in Republican and Democratic administrations alike -- they're held in utter contempt.

They are all dumb as a box of hammers and hair. They don't care what they do as long as they're spoon fed their drivel by nice ladies.

I hear her replacement is going to be Scott Jennings.

have you ever seen them try to engage in polite conversation? it’s like watching a deer learning to walk.

This is VERY true. But really, many are very lazy

It’s “Unpaid media internship” all day chef

Friendly exclamation points, y'all!! And here I was upset that teenagers who have been abducted and trafficked by ICE are being raped and impregnated at detention centers. Sorry, I mean: "Raped and impregnated!! 😘"

Tbf most aren't actually reporters they are transcript readers of whatever the cops said happened 😭😭