Washington Post Blog on Times OP-ED
Listen to certain cable news precincts, and the shock value of running an anonymous op-ed becomes clear. “An extraordinary thing just happened,” MSNBC’s Chuck Todd said at the top of his daily show. He called the piece “unprecedented.”
So what? Like most anonymous quotes and tracts, this one is a PR stunt. Mr. Senior Administration Official gets to use the distributive power of the New York Times to recast an entire class of federal appointees. No longer are they enablers of a foolish and capricious president. They are now the country’s most precious and valued patriots. In an appearance on Wednesday afternoon, the president pronounced it all a “gutless” exercise. No argument here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/09/05/the-new-york-times-packages-old-news-in-an-anonymous-op-ed/?utm_term=.c08d57ceb5df
So what? Like most anonymous quotes and tracts, this one is a PR stunt. Mr. Senior Administration Official gets to use the distributive power of the New York Times to recast an entire class of federal appointees. No longer are they enablers of a foolish and capricious president. They are now the country’s most precious and valued patriots. In an appearance on Wednesday afternoon, the president pronounced it all a “gutless” exercise. No argument here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/09/05/the-new-york-times-packages-old-news-in-an-anonymous-op-ed/?utm_term=.c08d57ceb5df
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