Rahm Emanuel Can't Handle the Tough Questions About His Family Vacation
Who would have thought a softball question from Mike Allen could end so disastrously?
Area Media Reporter Unable to Coherently Align Analysis With Reporting
MSNBC’s Morning Joe, a largely unwatched showcase for a former congressman’s enormous ego, is (still) in serious ratings trouble, according to The Politico media reporter Dylan Byers:
The Politico Expands to States With Easily Purchased Politicos
Washington-based website and newsletter The Politico, like the CBS procedural dramas CSI and NCIS before it, is hoping to recapture the magic with a series of region-specific spin-offs. First, already extant The Politico-owned news site Capital New York will "rebrand" itself as The Politico New York, much like when…
Is Glenn Greenwald Still "Red-Hot"? The Politico Investigates
Politico Magazine is a magazine edition of The Politico—America's worst publication—whose mission is "to pull back from the flood to understand what it's all about." The flood, in that metaphor, is supposed to be the tremendous churning hourly volume of vacuous meta- and meta-meta-political Narrative and Controversy…
Here's an Insane Racist Book About Communists by Mike Allen's Dad
Mike Allen is the most famous journalist at THE POLITICO. His "Playbook" newsletter sets the agenda for much of DC's media class. Mike Allen's dad, Gary Allen, was a racist, lunatic right wing author. Let's peruse one of his books, shall we?
Politico reporter Dylan Byers, of OBAMA ADMITS FABRICATING GIRLFRIEND IN MEMOIR fame, is mad at someone for baiting the Drudge Report into linking to dubiously sourced reports that portray President Obama in a negative light.
The Politico has obtained an email sent by Chris Christie to friends and allies attacking both the New York Times and former comrade David Wildstein. The subject line is "5 Things You Should Know About The Bombshell That's Not A Bombshell."
Erik Wemple documents in detail how Mike Allen, hoarder-in-chief at THE POLITICO, gives extremely favorable editorial coverage to companies that advertise in his "Playbook" newsletter. Mike Allen, hoarder/ whore-der.
BAZONGADONGA: Rick Berke, a top editor at the New York Times, is leaving the paper to become the new executive editor of THE POLITICO, where he will be free to pursue the horse race political coverage that the Times allegedly loathes.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright just published, then mysteriously deleted, the following tweet: “sometimes i sleep-email and accidentally delete @politico #playbook first thing in the morning. @mikeallen deserves better.” What could it mean?
Is Anything in This New York Times Review of That D.C. Book True?
The New York Times supplied a copy of Mark Leibovich's obsessively anticipated study of Washington self-obsession, This Town, to onetime Boston Globe Washington bureau chief David Shribman—who now does something or other in Pennsylvania or maybe Ohio?—and the paper was rewarded with a book review that begins like this:
This Is a Picture of Politico Star Mike Allen's Old Office at Time
Mike Allen, chief White House correspondent for THE POLITICO and “'the most powerful' or 'important' journalist" in Washington, D.C., has a clutter problem. This is a photograph of his office at Time magazine, where he worked as a political reporter until 2007.
Do You Have a Picture of THE POLITICO's Chief Hoarder in Action?
Reading the New Republic's enlightening and maddening interview with the the amoral monsters behind THE POLITICO—"Q. Does President Obama read Politico? A. I assume he does, yes."—we were reminded of an old story we read once.
Politico: None of These Obama Scandals Mean Anything
The Politico, America's worst news outlet, is all over the news that President Obama ordered IRS agents to murder Americans in Benghazi or whatever exactly is going on with these very big scandals: "D.C. turns on Obama"! "Obama's dangerous new narrative"! "Scandals could roil 2014 elections"!
Mansplainer, For Men: Why Don't Women Like It When You Tell Them They're Hot, In Public?
Dylan Byers, the dumbest media-news reporter in the business, has been thinking a lot during the past 24 hours about the difficulties of being a man. The Politico, America's worst media outlet and Byers' employer, reported yesterday afternoon that President Obama had called California attorney general Kamala Harris…
The Politico Is Mad That The White House Does And Doesn't Talk To The Politico
The Politico, America's worst media outlet, has a big story today about what's wrong with the White House's relationship with the political media, such as The Politico. According to Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen, President Obama disdains, freezes out, and circumvents the representatives of the Fourth Estate, including…
Media Bubble: Zinczenko and Tiki To Share Couch?
Media Bubble: Easy Money
