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Laws, sausages, "the news"

2016-02-13 00:56:13.551673+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Washington Post: Erik Wemple: Corrupt journalism doesn’t pay. Nor does abetting it.:

Former Atlantic contributing editor* Marc Ambinder is showing appropriate contrition for having participated in some dubious journalistic practices back in July 2009. As exposed by some Freedom Of Information Act documents secured by J.K. Trotter of Gawker, Ambinder was pursuing a copy of the speech that then- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to make at the Council on Foreign Relations. So he emailed renowned Clinton advocate and spokesperson Philippe Reines.

Frankly, if you didn't think this was how the news was made you likely haven't been paying attention, but it is really nice to see it laid out so obviously.

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