The Associated Press: Clinton's exit a preoccupation for reporters

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Brokaw on "Commentary Disguised as Reporting"
Published 6/9/2008 at mediabistro.com: TVNewser
The Associated Press' David Bauder gives a postmortem regarding the media's coverage of Sen. Hillary Clinton leading up to her exit from the campaign. "The coverage embittered the Clinton campaign and, in the eyes of one veteran journalist, should provoke some soul-searching," said Bauder, who quotes Tom Brokaw in the article. "It was inappropriate, for journalists especially, to try to cut the process short," said the NBC News special correspondent. "It was an ...

If This Isn't Tom Brokaw Throwing His Colleagues Under the Bus, We Don't Know What Is
Published 6/9/2008 by Jossip at Jossip
... into the coverage. “Well, I think that’s unfair, Keith,” Brokaw replied. “I don’t think sheshoehornedd her way in. When you look at the states that she won and the popular vote that she piled up, and the number of delegates that she has on her side, she’s got real bargaining power in all of this.” Brokaw called all the discussion about Clinton’s exit a product of “too much time and too little imagination.” [AP] ...