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Does Hillary Have It Out for the Media?
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 Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: Does Hillary Have It Out for the Media? |
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 Does Hillary Have It Out for the Media?
Michael Crowley had an intriguing piece in The New Republic this week about the difficulties faced by the news media in trying to cover Hillary Clinton's campaign. Crowley notes that Clinton's dislike for media is nothing new, detailing clashes with her husband on media access during Bill's White House years, but spam whether keeping a heavy hand on the press is part of her campaign strategy:
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Michael Crowley had an intriguing piece in The New Republic this week about the difficulties faced by the news media in trying to cover Hillary Clinton's campaign. Crowley notes that Clinton's dislike for media is nothing new, detailing clashes with her husband on media access during Bill's White House years, but spam whether keeping a heavy hand on the press is part of her campaign strategy: "Reporters who have covered the hyper-vigilant campaign say that no detail or editorial spin is too minor to draw a rebuke. Even seasoned political journalists describe reporting on Hillary as a torturous experience. Though few dare offer specifics for the record--'They're too smart,' one furtively confides. 'They'll figure out who I am'--privately, they recount excruciating battles to secure basic facts. Innocent queries are met with deep suspicion. Only surgically precise questioning yields relevant answers. Hillary's aides don't hesitate to use access as a blunt instrument, as when they killed off a negative GQ story on the campaign by threatening to stop cooperating with a separate Bill Clinton story the magazine had in the works. Reporters' jabs and errors are long remembered, and no hour is too odd for an angry phone call. Clinton aides are especially swift to bypass reporters and complain to top editors. 'They're frightening!' says one reporter who has covered Clinton. 'They don't see [reporting] as a healthy part of the process. They view this as a ruthless kill-or-be-killed game.' Despite all the grumbling, however, the press has showered Hillary with strikingly positive coverage. 'It's one of the few times I've seen journalists respect someone for beating the hell out of them,' says a veteran Democratic media operative. The media has paved a smooth road for signature campaign moments like Hillary's campaign launch and her health care plan rollout and has dutifully advanced campaign-promoted themes like Hillary's 'experience' and expertise in military affairs. This is all the more striking in light of the press's past treatment of Clinton--particularly during her husband's White House years--including endless stories about her personal ethics, frostiness, and alleged Lady Macbeth persona. It's enough to make you suspect that breeding fear and paranoia within the press corps is itself part of the Clinton campaign's strategy."
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