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regnaD kciN

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29. Great closing passage...

Fri Jan 5, 2018, 11:32 PM

Jan 2018

"Trump ascended into power in part because he relied on other people being too nice. It’s fun to rampage through the china shop when the china shop owner is standing over there being like, “SIR, that is not how we do things here!” If Trump refuses to abide by the standard (and now useless) “norms” of the presidency—shit, if he doesn't even KNOW them—why should ANYONE in the press adhere to needless norms of their own? They shouldn’t, and it appears that Michael Wolff was one of the few people to instinctively grasp that, and I hope more White House insiders follow his lead. Sometimes you need a rat to catch a rat."

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GQ: Wolff did what the WH Press Corps was too cowardly to do [View all] MariaCSR Jan 2018 OP

Tough call for those in the WH press, if they do this they will be fired Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1

almost true hurple Jan 2018 #2

Tough to a degree, yup. However, there is a big however!... Guilded Lilly Jan 2018 #3

+100 kentuck Jan 2018 #7

they need to step up Locrian Jan 2018 #15

Reporters fight to rise to the top of their profession like everyone else, they must not Dustlawyer Jan 2018 #32

That's quite an article NastyRiffraff Jan 2018 #4

Thank you for the excerpt, Riff! Cha Jan 2018 #6

Wolff used his access without revealing his intent FakeNoose Jan 2018 #8

Trump, et al, thought Wolff was going to DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #10

Yeah, that's what they're used to NastyRiffraff Jan 2018 #22

That's the thing. Journalists have been doing what Wolff did for ages. It's nothing new. kcr Jan 2018 #17

I agree, they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt when it comes to Red Don uponit7771 Jan 2018 #5

Did anyone get this "message" in the middle of the article? kentuck Jan 2018 #9

I didn't, on Chrome or on Safari NastyRiffraff Jan 2018 #11

I got that too. emmadoggy Jan 2018 #19

Do you use Firefox browser? kentuck Jan 2018 #23

Yes. nt emmadoggy Jan 2018 #25

Yes. I got it, too. GoCubsGo Jan 2018 #28

So they're censoring this? Ligyron Jan 2018 #31

But they've been ABLE to pass along sensational-but-true Hortensis Jan 2018 #12

Well put. n/t mobeau69 Jan 2018 #14

Access journalism is a made-to-order method for manipulating shanny Jan 2018 #16

A hundred times yes to this. kcr Jan 2018 #20

Drew Magary is spot on. democrank Jan 2018 #13

k and r niyad Jan 2018 #18

access is one thing, but to be so deferential to an admin that basically unzips and urinates KG Jan 2018 #21

From linked article: Amaryllis Jan 2018 #24

Big empty space between Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #26

I saw the same thing, mantis49 Jan 2018 #33

I cant get one to work on iPad Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #34

I couldn't agree more. Thanks for posting. SharonClark Jan 2018 #27

Great closing passage... regnaD kciN Jan 2018 #29

Couldnt agree more. Now, Nick, how bout a nutritious brunch? Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #35

Excellent MariaCSR Jan 2018 #37

Colluders and cowards. zentrum Jan 2018 #30

Wolff has risen to the occasion bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #36