Someone is trying to build up Politico into some kind of great news source with their story on Cain

[NNN0LHI]

This is the kind of story a real news organization would have held back until Cain won the nomination. Then it would have done some good.

Politico is not our friend. They never have been. They never will be.

Don

[bigtree]

1. no

. . . but, sometimes they do scoop a story and get quotes others don't have. It's not as if there's one clearinghouse for political info that has everything you're looking for.

You consider the source . . .

[NNN0LHI]

4. Tweety had some newswoman on who said this story has been out there for months

This was no scoop.

Don

[bigtree]

9. still holds true, even though that instance might well be old news. Still spread the story, tho

. . . details are sometimes important to folks running down stories. We get them from many suspect sources and piece together what makes sense and discard the rest. That's true about most publications and news sources. AP is one of the worst offenders, but we'd be loath not to at least give most stories they report an initial 'AP says'.

[Old and In the Way]

16. The story may well have been circulating "off the record" in Washington.

But Politico certainly helped to crank it up a notch. As Mr. Levey points out below, they've been associated with Republicans since they started. I think the GOP establishment decided it was time for Herm to go before he gained any more momentum with the Republican primary voter. I'm sure the Democratic establishment has also done this to sink candidates that they might not be able to control...and used their own media outlets to get this done.

A shame, though, I was rooting for Herm to win. I think the GOP has got Mitt's back, so I expect we'll see more of these leaks to keep Mitt from facing a runaway electorate. Their "choice" will be made for them.

[WinkyDink]

2. I didn't realize HC's PR team posted here!

[NNN0LHI]

5. Friends don't let friends post drunk

[leveymg]

3. Politico is owned by G.H.W. Bush's old buddy and boss at First Bancshares, Joe (BCCI) Allbritton.

[blm]

8. Yep.....politico started out in full force against Kerry...no surprise Poppy's pals pop up

whenever they feel threatened. They have this goround for Romney so he can lose and Repub rank and file are convinced that only Bushes know how to win...viva Jeb 2016.

[Major Hogwash]

19. I didn't know that.

But I did notice that one young Washington Post reporter who gave Bush favorable articles about starting the war in Iraq was one of the first "faces" of Politico that went on teevee all the time to talk to Chris Matthews or someone else.

[blm]

24. Kept piling on Kerry after they started in Jan07, you may recall Kerry was pushing Iraq withdrawal

but, I believe their longterm goal was to try and have him completely discredited as a public servant, because eventually BCCI documents will come forward, and the only thing Bushes (and Clintons) could count on at that point will be a press corps accustomed to dismissing Kerry.

[FBaggins]

6. Sorry... I don't get that.

A "real" news organization would time a story to benefit a particular political party?

How is that journalism?

[NNN0LHI]

7. Politico is not about journalism

[FBaggins]

10. I didn't question whether or not they were.

I questioned your assumption of how we could tell.

[malaise]

11. True but

we know ReTHUGS have decided to abandon the Kochcain now.

[KamaAina]

12. So the Bushies are doing a hit job on Cain

just like they did on Perry.

Are they backing Romney? Or do they have a special surprise (*cough*Jeb*cough*) in store? :scared:

[blm]

23. Jeb 2016. They'll use Romney's '12 loss to convince GOP base ONLY Bushes know how to win

Rove will scare them into backing another Bush.

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. Wow so let me get this straight: It's your opinion that a "real" news organization takes sides, and

SITS on news until said news could benefit whatever side the "real" news organization is on. Does that about cover it?

Stunning. That goes against everything I understood objective journalism to be. So a "real" news organization should be "our friend"? Again... stunning. You're actually opining for what we shout from the rooftops the M$M isn't.

As far as Politico goes... DU is a "fair weather friend" to them. If the story is pro "our side", Politico is hot shit around here. If the story is pro "their side", Politico is considered a fart in the wind. The same could be said for the NYT, and just about every other press organization quoted here at DU.

[NNN0LHI]

20. Why is Politico interfering with the Republican presidential primary process?

You don't see anything the matter with that?

It is not like this story goes away if they don't report on it right now. If Cain becomes the GOP nominee, well then it becomes pertinent.

Don

[pnwmom]

22. It's news even when a primary candidate has this kind of allegation.

There's no reason to wait to report it, once the facts have been confirmed.

[pnwmom]

14. Why would "real" news organization hold back a real story?

How could a "real" news organization be sure that someone else wouldn't scoop them on it?

Why would a real organization attempt to interfere in the political process by holding back a story until it could be most damaging to the candidate and his party?

[NNN0LHI]

15. Same reason the "real", news organizations held back reporting the Edwards affair so long

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards

In October 2007, The National Enquirer began a series of reports alleging an adulterous affair between Edwards and former campaign worker Rielle Hunter. By July 2008, several news media outlets speculated that Edwards' chances for the Vice Presidency as well as other positions such as the Attorney General were harmed by the allegations, which now included that he fathered a child with Hunter and had visited her and the baby girl at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. However, the story was not widely covered by the press for some time, until, after initially denying the allegations, Edwards admitted the affair. On January 21, 2010, John Edwards issued a press release to admit that he fathered Hunter's child.

----------------------------------------------------

They were waiting to see if he was going to win the nomination before they began reporting the story.

[pnwmom]

21. Most respected news organizations don't consider the Enquirer

to be a trustworthy source. This is one of the few times the Enquirer turned out to be right.

[Major Hogwash]

17. Yeah, I saw that, too. Like somehow they cornered 'the market on the truth' now.

From the same guys who said that Obama was a dick.
Fuggedaboutit!
Halperin and his bald buddy should go make cookies instead.

[spanone]

18. i would look for kkkarl rove's fingerprints

[DainBramaged]

25. Politico is the toilet paper shitty stories are written on

I REFUSE to click on them