Posted on 09/26/2007 8:45:52 PM PDT by neverdem
The powerful sway that Bill and Hillary Clinton hold over the American media has been illustrated by their successful attempt to "kill" a negative magazine story about Mrs Clinton's presidential campaign.
According to the Politico newspaper, GQ magazine was planning to publish an article by writer Josh Green, who had previously angered the Clinton campaign by writing that the New York senator "offers no big ideas, no crusading causes" and had "plenty to talk about, but she doesn't have much to say".
The planned article included details of in-fighting within her tightly-controlled campaign and internal criticism of her campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle.
When Mr Green discussed the article with a senior Clinton press aide, the campaign moved swiftly.
Clinton advisers told GQ that if the Green article was published they would withdraw cooperation over a piece by George Saunders, a novelist and GQ writer, who travelled with Mr Clinton to Africa in July.
Mr Saunders is seen as more favourably disposed to the Clinton camp.
This year, he told a New York newspaper that he had twice voted for Mr Clinton and that "everybody likes him and knows him, so he can get people in a room and make things happen".
Mr Clinton is expected to appear on the cover of the December issue of GQ with the Saunders article inside. The magazine usually names a Man of the Year in that issue and Mr Clinton is understood to be in the running.
Jim Nelson, the GQ editor said to have taken the decision to pull the Green article, told Politico: "I don't really get into the inner workings of the magazine, but I can tell you that yes, we did kill a Hillary piece. We kill pieces all the time for a variety of reasons."
their persuasion sounds very reminiscent to Don Corleone making an offer another could not refuse!!!!
I subscribe because they have the occasional kick-ass article but I might have to cancel it over this.
And yes, I’m better dressed than all of you today.
Oh, yeah....thats' a real free [Pravda, The Communist Party "Official" Newspaper=the New York Times] press...can anyone tell the difference? (other than location/language)
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Love it!!
Her Heinous has every intention of controlling and taxing the Internet after her coronation.
Let’s pull together to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Yeah, and that's probably what Hillary thinks when she shows up in her famous black pantsuit, 'Old Crusty'.:)
This whole campaign is going to be wild because Hillary is only effective as a behind the scene operator. She could make even Bob Dole seem charismatic, and she'll be this year's most popular Halloween mask.
Hillary can't face an TV audience and come off as anything except what she is: a two-legged frigidare with delusions of power.
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When Mr Green discussed the article with a senior Clinton press aide...his estimated IQ dropped ten points. Brilliant move by Mr Green.
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