Irrelevant Haberman was a landfill seagull differentiated only by her private access to the dump.

[kpete]

This was an enjoyable read.

For 4 years, Maggie Haberman was a landfill seagull differentiated only by her private access to the dump.

She found an endless supply of rancid french fries. Now the landfill has been capped and so has her relevance.

Haberman not only feasted on the Trump White House leaks, she benefited from direct access to him, thanks in part to the time she spent at Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, which often served as a p.r. arm for Trump during his New York City days. "Longevity, just being around him a long time, is something he values," Haberman once explained of her relationship with Trump. Introducing her at 92nd Street Y event in New York City, former ABC News journalist Jeff Greenfield said he couldn't remember a reporter who had established a relationship with a U.S. president the way Haberman had with Trump.

I have no doubt Trump himself served as a source/leaker for Haberman during his four years in office. Yes, he often publicly railed against her and the "liberal" New York Times, but that was likely part of the kabuki dance that went on as Trump and the Times often used each other to their benefit. Trump certainly provided the paper with crucial access. “He wouldn’t talk to me as much as he does if I wasn’t at the Times,” Haberman once said on a podcast. “That’s just the reality. He craves the paper’s approval." According to Haberman, as president he would at times call her and thank her for her coverage, at one point giving one of her Trump stories an "8."

In return, Haberman and Times often normalized him in ways large and small. The daily spent years painting a false portrait of adult decision making at the White House, suggesting Trump was surrounded by a beehive of aides who plotted policy, instead of a madman setting the agenda.

the rest:
https://pressrun.media/p/maggie-haberman-and-what-happens

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[Iris]

1. I think she's actually pretty happy about that.

At least she seemed relieved to let go in an interview I heard back in January

[agingdem]

2. Maggie's "job"..

take the stink off Trump's shit...her unusual access to the orange cretin pumped up her bonafides, but with a raging demented Trump in exile and no easy access to Biden she has nothing to offer..the Trump taint hangs on her like a wet wool coat...good

[Doc Sportello]

3. She's another example of why nepotism is a bad idea

What makes it even worse is she always seems so smug, when she would have had a job like that without her father.

[brush]

4. So is she still at the times since she is no longer embedded in the WH?

Wonder if she'll suffer a similar fate as that of Judith Miller?