tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post8993093838576688659..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Politico? Why Not?Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-10144351976387628402013-06-19T01:40:26.464-05:002013-06-19T01:40:26.464-05:00Simply not true. Politico does a ton of excellent ...Simply not true. Politico does a ton of excellent reporting. <br /><br />And lots of useless wrongheaded junk, and a fair amount of trivial stuff which is great fun for political junkies, but not "useful" in any way.<br /><br />But there absolutely is a lot of excellent reporting.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-9561209500775984552013-06-19T01:20:16.450-05:002013-06-19T01:20:16.450-05:00Oh please. Politico is like US Weekly. It's ...Oh please. Politico is like US Weekly. It's what political junkies want to believe Washington is like. And then it gets recycled on the Sunday shows. If you believe what is on the Sunday talk shows then they are your jam.Jamie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579007138576584958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-28491373274188335242013-06-18T21:28:05.478-05:002013-06-18T21:28:05.478-05:00I occasionally hear the intro to The McLaughlin Gr...I occasionally hear the intro to The McLaughlin Group if I can't get to the remote in time, and I can feel a reflexive sneer forming the moment I hear "The Smartest Talk" used as a description for the old foof who leads it and his panelists Pat Buchanan, Mort Zuckerman and Eleanor Clift. Has-beens one and all.Linkmeisterhttp://www.linkmeister.com/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-44913488097287615012013-06-18T18:31:46.586-05:002013-06-18T18:31:46.586-05:00I do think Politico reporters get spun a lot -- th...I do think Politico reporters get spun a lot -- that is, as you put it, they "put that 'what it all means' junk into the mouths of insiders who really are just worried about how to get from point A to point B. Also, the TNR interview is very provoking - Harris and VandeHei are intrepidly trivial in their outlook, determined to give readers what they think they want to read and not try to make them better informed in any meaningful sense. You may well disagree.Andrew Sprunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.com