Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
 |  Follow Newser on Twitter   Friend Newser on Facebook   Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds   Subscribe to Newser emails Newsletters


0

Hillary Threats Killed Negative Story

Access to Bill denied if GQ piece ran

Share

(Newser) – GQ magazine spiked a negative story about White House hopeful Hillary Clinton after her campaign offered editors a stark choice: kill the piece or lose access to Bill Clinton for a cover story. The offending article explored tensions and infighting at the heart of the Clinton campaign. Despite protests from staffers, editor Jim Nelson killed the story, reports Politico.

“I don’t get into the inner workings of the magazine, but we did kill a Hillary piece," admitted Nelson. "We kill pieces all the time for a variety of reasons.” Instead of the Hillary piece, a cover story on Bill Clinton's Africa trip appears in the magazine's December Man of the Year issue.

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Sen. Hillary Clinton, democratic presidential hopeful greet a crowd during a fundraiser, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007 at the Tabernacle at Oak Bluffs, a town on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)
Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Sen. Hillary Clinton, democratic presidential hopeful greet a crowd during a fundraiser, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007 at the Tabernacle at Oak Bluffs, a town on the...   (Associated Press)
Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton gestures during a fundraiser in Charlottesville, Va., Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton gestures during a fundraiser in Charlottesville, Va., Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)   (Associated Press)
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, left, is escorted by former U.S. president Bill Clinton into the auditorium at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday July 19, 2007. The two opened an exhibition entitled
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, left, is escorted by former U.S. president Bill Clinton into the auditorium at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday July 19, 2007....   (Associated Press)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
2.9.10
It’s the Sex, Stupid   
2.8.10
For Me, Palin Scores
0 comments
VIEWING:
 
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

84 Stories

2010 election

 Michelle Could Be 
 Dems' Secret Weapon 

First lady may well return to campaigning for midterm elections

Dec 21, 09 9:07 AM CST

Michelle Could Be Dems' Secret Weapon

First lady may well return to campaigning for midterm elections

(Newser) - Though Michelle Obama has taken on junk food rather than Republicans during her first year in the White House, the first lady is popular—so much so that tongues are already wagging at the Hill about how useful a weapon she'll be in the Democrats' 2010 arsenal. Obama is “... More »

 Fairey Admits Lying 
 Over 'Hope' Photo 

Artist tried to conceal mistake with false evidence

Oct 17, 09 9:50 AM CDT

Fairey Admits Lying Over 'Hope' Photo

Artist tried to conceal mistake with false evidence

(Newser) - An unexpected twist in the Shepard Fairey copyright fight: The artist admits that he lied about which AP photo he used for his Obama Hope poster and submitted fake evidence to support his claim. His lawyers have now dropped him as the legal fight continues. "I am very sorry... More »

Top Militant Denies Taliban Shootout

Pakistan insists dead leader's aide killed in power struggle

Aug 9, 09 3:27 PM CDT

Top Militant Denies Taliban Shootout

Pakistan insists dead leader's aide killed in power struggle

(Newser) - Days after Pakistan's Taliban leader reportedly died in a US airstrike, conflicting stories are emerging about a power struggle in the militant group, the New York Times reports. Waliur Rehman, a commander who had wanted to lead the Taliban, denies killing a young aide to the former leader in a... More »

84 Stories


Hillaryland

A profile of Hillary's campaign manager, the focus of the spiked GQ story.
New Republic

The spiked GQ story is by Joshua Green, author of this negative profile which angered the Clintons.
The Atlantic

 
infighting • campaign • Hillaryland • Jay Carson • George Saunders • Josh Green • Man of the Year • Jim Nelson • Patti Solis Doyle

from our news partners

Please wait, content is loading
Please wait, content is loading

Just For Laughs

Loading...