Um, Are Journalists a ‘Constituency’?
The Weekly Standard‘s Senior Writer Stephen Hayes quotes NBC’s Lisa Myers in a shady turn of phrase.
NBC’s Lisa Myers says AP/leak story damages WH b/c it upsets the press – “one of the president’s most important constituencies.”
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) May 15, 2013
Now 167 retweets later, clearly the comment struck a nerve. Politico White House Correspondent Glenn Thrush asks, “What does that even mean?” QGA Communications Exec. and columnist John Feehery replied, “You know what it mean, don’t play dumb with me.” IslandSnoopy also seemed to get the inherent problem here, writing, “Therein lies the problem. The Press should be objective. NOT ‘one of the president’s most important constituencies.’”
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