Should-Read: Josh Marshall: Trump, Wolff and The Secret o...

Should-Read: Josh Marshall: Trump, Wolff and The Secret of the Russia Story: "The onslaught of negative press allowed Wolff to pose as the only reporter who got the true nature of Trump���s greatness...

...not just publicly, but far more importantly in his private presentation and pitch.... Here was a prestige journalist who got it and could help. It was like offering crack.... Wolff... ���I certainly said what was ever necessary to get the story.��� To ensnare Trump���s coterie of gullible toadies he actually made the working title of his book ���The Great Transition: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration.��� It was always hilarious and maddening to see Wolff... pose as the chronicler and connoisseur of Trumpite real America.... Trump got the biographer he deserved. Wolff is shamelessly manipulative and hasn���t the slightest hesitation about deceiving his sources to ���get the story���, as he puts it. Indeed, this is a long, even darkly august journalistic tradition. Not my cup of tea, personally. But if real facts are unearthed and they���re important ones to know, who can say it���s a bad thing? Such a reporter sacrifices their honor and honesty���perhaps often their dignity���in the service of the public good���if they���ve got a real story...