Commenting on this post about the Damian McBride Affair, Shippers makes an excellent point: things are just as bad, if not worse, on the other side of the Atlantic. Consider this example, culled from Politico’s daily Playbook:
As Shippers says, at least the lobby demands a higher price than that. And look! The WaPo has the dog “scoop” in March but sits on it for, what, two weeks? Why? Unbelievable and yet, you know, typical.The WashPost’s First Dog exclusive – which the WP says the First Lady’s office offered in March to stave off a premature story about the White House vegetable garden, which had been promised as an exclusive to The New York Times (we’re not making this up) – is rained on by weekend Web leaks. But the WP has first word that the adorable black Portuguese water dog, a gift from Senator and Mrs. Kennedy, will be named “Bo.” (And that the Obamas will make a donation to the D.C. Humane Society, since he didn’t come from a shelter.)
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