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Dan Pfeiffer
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January 12 - January 14, 2019
most journalists are liberal-minded, but the true bias of the media is not ideological; it’s a bias for a good story,
Obama didn’t hate the press; he really likes reporters. Seriously.
No powerful person truly likes reporters.
mutual assumption of good faith.
If I have any virtue as a reporter, it's this.
Not lying in politics is actually easier than most people think.
It's so easy to say nothing.
maybe we weren’t so bad.
That could be a somewhat less inspirational title for this book.
most of the time the reporters were sheepish when they asked the question. These were (mostly) serious people who had joined a serious profession to cover serious issues being forced to ask an unserious question because of the never-ending search for ratings, clicks, and retweets.
you spend every waking moment waiting for some unknown shoe to drop that will irreparably change the trajectory
Reporters can relate.
Every time Obama engaged with the very unpopular Congress, he got a little more of their shit on him,
The Republican Party is a contradiction. They control every lever of power, yet are on the verge of collapsing from within.
twoosh, which is a tweet that is exactly 140 characters on the first try.
It is 2019 and I have never heard of this.
Campaigns are now more science than art. Yet they are covered by English majors who treat campaigns like Shakespearean dramas with dramatic plot twists.
Hey, I was a creative writing major.
