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more about #bensmith more comments → misslinda: "Utterly immersed in the cable-news frivolity he affects to disdain"??? Oh puh-leze, Obama doesn't watch that crap, but he does have two MTV-aged daug... more » onebadclam: If the Teabaggers can't get behind Obama on such a self-evident truth then what hope health care reform? more » Aaron Altman: NBC Universal probably filed a copyright claim on it, and Politico withdrew the video. How YouTube-ish of them! more » Baroness: Our Beltway media gossip girls at work: posting tattle-tales about trivia, the oops! erasing it, knowing full well it will get out there. So cutesy,... more » Thomas Paladino: This is just dumb. Obama is a guy who is aware of pop culture. He's also the president. The two aren't mutually exclusive, and to tell you the truth, ... more » The Lone Scout: Adjusted for inflation, Kodak cameras' price range in 1900 (smack in the middle of the Gibson Girl period) would have been approximately $135-$2,500. ... more » PandoraSpocks: It is good to have a sense of history at times. And i like it. Would the arties call it a sketch or any early photo. more » lawyergay: I honestly don't understand the appeal of these "love letter" type books. I thought the true pleasure of reading non-fiction was cackling mean-spirite... more » budy920: it's not only that he has compromised all journalistic integrity but he scoffs at the idea that someone would dare criticize him - i can no longer eve... more » Dürer's Rhino: "You tell me where the line is between business and journalism." Look behind you. You passed it a few steps back. It was labeled 'Integrity' more » Mediahohoho: This is everything that's wrong with the media. Dan Bartlett, who helped spin us into Iraq and four years too many of the worst administration in mode... more » DorothyBarker: must say this saddens me; i always liked his appearances on 'countdown'. more » Iwillnotauditionforastar: Awww Cajun, you have been so prolific all evening. I've noticed. Good job. Sometimes a "You are awesome" is counterproductive to "You can do better.... more » BlinkyMcChuck: And this is why I call Politico "Stuff White People Like About Politics". I'd love it if it became their tag. more » MissNormaDesmond: VandeHei sort of reminds me of this guy^ more » -
#censorship
Politico: Leakers, Please Take Your Unauthorized Obama Info Elsewhere
Politico's Ben Smith almost WON THE DAY with nice little scoop—the video of Barack Obama calling Kanye West a "jackass" during pre-interview banter with CNBC's John Harwood. But someone made him take it down. Why in the world? More » -
#idesofaugust
Your Sleepy Summer Outrages
It's August 20th: our RSS feeds have slowed to a crawl and everyone else is at the beach. But the political-media outrage machine carries on. ABC's Jake Tapper, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan, Touré and Malcom X all need a vacation. More » -
#controversies
Richard Wolffe's Ethical Swamp Grows Even Murkier
MSNBC and Richard Wolffe have been taking heat for Wolffe's employment at the network as a political analyst and guest host for Keith Olbermann while also working as a lobbyist/publicist. Now Wolffe's secret Obama book proposal has been revealed. More » -
#tools
Meet the Self-Congratulatory Tyrants Who Run Politico
Did you ever get the sense that the people who run Politico are arrogant tools? Us too. Founders Jim VandeHei, John Harris, Robert Allbritton, and reporter Ben Smith were on Charlie Rose last night and they OWNED THE SEGMENT. More » -
#journalismism
Good Morning, What Hack Story Does Politico Own Today?
Politico's Ben Smith unleashed a vicious assault of "SPEED+POWER" this morning on Philippe Reines, Hillary Clinton's flack, in yet another round of successful Drudge-baiting. More » -
