WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A recent Politico column has revealed a potentially scandalous influence of the White House on the media, in the form of a series of informal conversations between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and ABC’s Chief Washington Correspondent George Stephanopoulos.
Politico writer John F. Harris described “what may count as Washington’s longest-running conversation” among four old friends in the Washington political establishment: Emanuel, “This Week” host Stephanopoulos, and popular left-wing pundits James Carville and CNN’s Paul Begala.
“In any given news cycle, it is quite likely that Washington’s prevailing political and media interpretation - at least on the Democratic side - is being hatched on these calls,” wrote Harris, who quoted Emanuel as saying the calls “are about what’s happening, what the implications are of what’s happening and what’s going on.”
Hey, Paul, who or what is Barney Frank? lol