The Clintons and the news media
Mark Binker gets his hand slapped by Clinton press folks for acting like a citizen of the United States -- going to the Clinton fund-raiser along with 700 people yesterday and then writing about it.
I have resisted, until now, pointing out the fact that there were 700 people in that venue, 95 percent of who were toting cell phones with cameras and recorders, a bunch with personal cameras and all, I would think, with decent enough memories to relate the event to friends and neighbors. So since everyone invited to the event was potentially a reporter, that "closed press" thing seemed pretty laughable.
I think it has been suggested before that the Clintons are working under a 20th century media mentality which is no longer operable in the age of citizen journalism. Yesterday was an up-close taste of that.
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Funny how Sen. Clinton was quick to pick up on the "bitter" comment from Sen. Obama after someone attended a "closed" fundraiser in San Francisco last month and surreptitiously recorded his remarks. And now she's complaining about "press" coverage of a fundraiser. Sheesh.
Posted on April 29, 2008 10:00 AM