Reply #7: Why do people keep quoting "Politco"?????

[devilgrrl]

Drudge and the Politico -- poisonously joined at the hip

(Updated below - Update II - Update III - Update IV)

The new online political magazine, The Politico, is a pernicious new presence in our media landscape. As I noted the other day, it really is nothing more than the Drudge Report dressed up with the trappings of mainstream media credibility. Today, Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News writes on his blog about what is merely the latest episode (of many) proving how closely coordinated The Politico is with The Drudge Report. It is not hyperbole to say that the former is all but an arm of the latter.

Last night, The Politico's Mike Allen published a petty, trite hit piece on Barack Obama -- entitled Rookie Mistakes Plague Obama -- claiming that Obama "has also shown a tendency toward seemingly minor contradictions and rhetorical slips" and referencing "imprecise or incomplete statements by Obama over the years." As Bunch noticed, Allen's story was "highlighted on the Drudge Report no later than 18 minutes after it was filed by Allen (how does he do it!)." Drudge continues prominently to promote The Politico's story today:

More: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/27/politico/index.html

http://salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/30/harris/index.html
http://salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/03/30/harris_replies/index.html