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White House Fires Back at Politico

But don't be fooled, good relationship is maintained

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 1, 2009 8:21 AM CST
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(Newser) – Politico has joined Fox News in the doghouse after running a piece on "seven stories Barack Obama doesn't want told," and the White House is firing back—sort of. Marc Ambinder got his hands on a joke email that's been circulating among staffers. He shares the White House's take on the "seven narratives Politico is fighting in their efforts to get an interview with the president," in the Atlantic:

  1. "They are more interested in readers than accuracy."
  2. "It's OK to be wrong every once in a while, if you are the first to break the news."
  3. "More interested in gossip than news."
  4. "A spouter of the worst sort of insider conventional wisdom."
  5. "Their analysis about Obama has been wrong more than anyone."
  6. "Click ... period."
  7. "More obsessed with personality than policy."

Rule No. 2: It's OK to be wrong every once in a while, if you are the first to break the news.
Rule No. 2: "It's OK to be wrong every once in a while, if you are the first to break the news."   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Shannonals
Dec 3, 2009 1:16 AM CST
Your clearly an ignorant individual Cher. Name one administration in the past 2 decades who hasn't had issue with either a newspaper publication, cable network, or magazine publication. You can't, so your very comment makes no sense whatsoever.
Face-Of-RNC
Dec 2, 2009 10:53 AM CST
The world has always contained radical jihadists. Are you to ignorant to ask yourself, "Why to they suddenly want to kill us off now?" Are you too ignorant to see that it might be because we have been an aggressor nation for most of our history? Why do they even care about us? Because we brought this on ourselves, stealing from the weak and helpless, bombing the innocent. If Iran had done to America what America has done to Iran, we would be treating them just like they are treating us now. So back off all you ignorant war mongers before you bring the roof down on us.
hybrid
Dec 2, 2009 7:58 AM CST
there it is more of your red propaganda, when will you admit that they are not at war with us as much as it is with the world. It is a jihad war, they didnt call up and say "hey stop bombing us". They want "infedels" or unbelievers wiped off the face of the earth! YOU have thought this whole time that if we stop they would stop? wow you are that dum arnt you. Why i waste my time with you i dont know, guess its fun beating up on the weak one.

 
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