Posted on 07/25/2016 6:06:58 AM PDT by orchestra
NEW YORK ― Politico acknowledged Sunday that it was a mistake for one of its top reporters to send the Democratic National Committee an advance copy of an article while emphasizing there were no substantive changes made to the piece prior to publication.
A May 2 article by Politicos Ken Vogel and Isaac Arnsdorf ― Clinton fundraising leaves little for state parties ― has come under scrutiny since WikiLeaks published over 19,000 internal DNC emails on Friday.
In an April 29 email thread, DNC national press secretary Mark Paustenbach shared Vogels detailed questions with others working to coordinate a response to what would be an unflattering story about fundraising efforts. Paustenbach also spoke to the Clinton campaign that day in preparing the DNCs pushback, according to the emails.
On April 30, Paustenbach told DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda that hed received the story in advance. Vogel gave me his story ahead of time/before it goes to his editors as long as I didnt share it, he wrote. Let me know if you see anything thats missing and Ill push back.
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Young people are catching on. Maybe there’s still some hope yet?
Sounds like a guy caught in adultery by his wife: "It was only once. It didn't mean anything".
The only thing here that surprises me is that HuffPo is doing the story.
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