How bad is it in Washington for the Obama Administration? It's Obama "needs to fire somebody" bad, according to former Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan — and, you know, Politico.
Everyone knows that Poltico's coverage of the White House Corespondents' Dinner is sickening in its shallowness and shamelessness, but you wouldn't believe how lazy their tip sheets for reporters are. Seriously, they are this bad.
Politico gives the big "Behind the Curtain" splash today to a shameless embrace of shameless DC navel-gazing, and just in time for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the annual peak of media loathing. So who's really the most incestuous here?
Jill Abramson, the executive editor of The New York Times and the first woman to hold that position, is literally a poster child for Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In mantra. And, yet, that doesn't seem to matter to many of her defenders today, who also happen to dislike Sheryl Sandberg and her Lean In movement because it only represents corporate power women just like Abramson.
Politico's Dylan Byers made a mistake last October, poking the Nate Silver beast. And to this day, Silver takes every available opportunity to humiliate and mock Politico, particularly when it engages in data analysis.
Politico goes long this morning with a report finding that Salomon Melgen, the ophthalmologist and political donor who may have received favors from Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, also donated to other politicians! According to the Daily Caller, this is big news.
If you missed Politico's rundown of online reaction to the made-for-TV debate between Nobel-prize-winner Paul Krugman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, it starts with a simple question, "Did Joe Scarborough trounce Paul Krugman on Monday night?" The unhelpful verdict: Both sides won and lost.
Bob Woodward offered his side of the White House "threat" story to Sean Hannity on Thursday night, presumably to defend himself from the firestorm of criticism over this week's weird incident.
Manning indicated during his statement that he'd attempted to give The New York Times, Washington Post, and Politico the material, but that some combination of weather, vague offers, and unreturned voicemails led him to try Julian Assange instead.
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward has been telling everyone who will listen that the White House is so mad he called them out on the sequester that they're making threats. But on Thursday, the White House released the emails containing the threats. They turn out to be not that threatening.
The acclaimed filmmaker makes the liberal's case for watching Fox News
Bob Woodward tells Politico about how an Obama aide "yelled at [him] for about a half hour" and later said he'd "regret" asking the administration tough questions. But did the White House really threaten him? Some people think that Woodward's gone a little too far this time.
As the administration continues to draw the ire of the Beltway press, the most White House-friendly network up and hired yet another former White House message man, David Axelrod. And that may all be part of the plan.
It seems that Politico reporter Kenneth Vogel has now taken up where fellow tribute Dylan Byers has fallen by — get this — dissing Nate Silver's knowledge of campaign financing!
Now that the magic coin is no longer on the table, Politico is kicking off the next stage of the debt ceiling fight with a report that House Republicans are "seriously entertaining dramatic steps," including letting the government default or shutting it down altogether.
Since when did Politico become the media's biggest shot thrower? In this morning's Playbook email, Politico's Mike Allen took some shots at the Wall Street Journal for their big fiscal cliff story.
Only one doubter remains: Dylan Byers, the media reporter at Politico, who called asked if Silver was a one-term celebrity and is now clinging to the deafening noise of punditry to combat the unstoppable number wizard.
Doing the simple math, seven times, carry the — Nate Silver is not fond of Politico, and he says as much in a new interview released today. And that's news because Silver is such a big player in the political field and so is Politico, and well, for political wonks, this little catfight is delicious.
The Huffington Post is no longer just an oasis for laid off print journalists, it's also one for rain-soaked Tampa conventioneers.
Several Republican congressmen are complaining about how Democratic operatives are videotaping their homes and then uploading the raw footage to the Internet. It's a creepy little practice, to be sure, but it also provides a window on how political parties, campaigns, and Super PACs work together using the web to build attack ads in the age of Citizens United.
Consider this a PSA: The Huffington Post has made last month's iPad-only piece about Politico's Hunger Games-like newsroom available on the regular ole Web, so if you didn't buy it the first time around, have a look. [The Huffington Post]
The Huffington Post's new iPad magazine Huffington has hit the proverbial newsstands with a very fun, incestuous read on the inner-workings of Politico.
Politico executive editor Jim VandeHei told the New York Times the site is adding 40 employees in coming months: 20 journalists (reporters and editors) and 20 on the business side. He wants the new staff in place by September.
James Fallows of The Atlantic has a response to those sensing a left-wing media bias this election season. Take a look at this chart.
The lead quote in Politico's much-discussed story comes from the former governor and longtime Republican operative and lobbyist Haley Barbour, who says, “The New York Times has given Obama the longest wet kiss in political history, and they have done him a favor again." The accusation is presented as something extraordinary. But it is pretty precisely the opposite.
For a publication that routinely scoops the competition, it's startling to see Politico's dismissal of well-sourced stories published elsewhere.
History will remember May 16, 2012 as a day the Internet felt cold and empty without one of its most prominent political journalists. That's because Politico's Mike Allen took his first day off in nearly three years.
Fox News host Geraldo Rivera is attracting some attention for a gross joke he made while discussing the rising tide of anger at the TSA for their often invasive airport security mishaps.
There's talk George Clooney's big fundraiser for President Obama could generate $12 million, the guy who sold "The Scream" and Neil Young conversed, and Mark Wahlberg denies he's getting artificially ripped for his new movie.
In the wake of a Vanity Fair piece on President Obama's old girlfriends, Politico has recovered another scandal pulled from the pages of Obama's decades-old autobiography, but much like the Indonesian dog-eating affair, it's a new spin on a piece of info we've known about for a long, long time.
Many of the country’s biggest media companies — which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations — are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending.
BuzzFeed's editor-in-chief tells us how his media diet has changed since joining the world of #LOL and #WTF.
Veteran professional GOP primary watchers are starting to sound a wee bit bored: Mitt Romney won big in Illinois, but because they all saw it coming (it's their job to make accurate predictions, after all) nothing has changed in the presidential race.
Chris Brown uncorks a truly awful pick-up line, Larry King and CNN are kaput after 27 years, and Oprah is considering a big-screen return.
Prince William and Kate Middleton don't want you to know what they're calling their dog, Fox News is trying to be nicer to Politico, and there may be an inter-office romance in bloom at MSNBC.
Politco's Dylan Byers introduces us to 29-year-old Nathan Kleinman, a veteran of Occupy Philadelphia who's challenging Allyson Schwartz, a Democrat representing Pennsylvania's 13th district, for her seat in the House of Representatives.
Also: The Heidi Klum-Seal divorce is on, Anna Wintour and Scarlett Johannson are hosting a fashionable Obama fundraiser next month, and a cavalcade of familiar faces roast and toast Politico
BuzzFeed, which has spent its life building an encyclopedia of other people's greatest Web hits, has hired away one of the key reporters from the website Politico, to be its new editor-in-chief and build their own original news division. Smith, who was one of the first hires at Politico five years ago, said there are plans to hire a dozen more reporters.
In a new campaign ad running in Iowa, Rick Perry seeks to capitalize on the anti-momentum he got when he struggled to remember which federal agency he'd cut in a televised debate
Rick Perry doesn't like raising money, Tim Pawlenty only wanted to watch hockey, and Sarah Palin thought Mitt Romney had the primary schedule "rigged."
Politico reported late on Sunday that Herman Cain was twice accused of "inappropriate behavior" by women who worked with him when he ran the National Restaurant Association in late 1990s.
Today in literature and publishing: Politico's online bookstore is missing some of the classics, Lauren Myracle describes her National Book Award unnomination, and a devoted Tintin fan has harsh words for Steven Spielberg.
Plus: Politico reporter resigns over plagiarism and Roger Ailes saved a man's life
The pros and cons of sharing the small screen with the GOP candidates
He promptly rolled out an ad hitting the president for uncivil discourse
The writer of Playbook finally gives Betsy Rothstein what she wants
Roger Ailes has told his Fox News to "move on" while Andrew Breitbart doubles down
Plus: The 'Gotti' backers go to Cannes
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