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i am pro global warming. i got attacked for that. but even the misquote i referred to, steve martin said once i left the headline racist tweet so it continues to haunt you. >> that's a problem online is that we're moving so fast online. and you put up a story quickly and you realized, oh, boy, i need to correct this story. you throw a correction at the bottom of the story online and that's what you can do as a reporter. but the editor never gets in there to make the change to the headline. and the second point about this is i think that apologies really don't matter any more. martin bashir apologized. that was an extreme case. but it doesn't matter when you say, oh, my gosh, i really made a mistake. sometimes for the wrong reasons. >> justine sacco wrote letter that she was ashamed for the
news story, i would say that is great. but if we doing it in a policy recommend, "politico" is the biggest policy newsroom or among the biggest policy newsroom if we do it in energy technology, health care, we are succeeding. another way of succeeding, to me, as a journalist that is attractive way to ice succeed is the deep enterprise story that could not be done as a quick hit taking weeks of reporting and in some cases weeks of writing and editing to get it right. and when it is right everyone reads the story and will tack about story and it will be driving the conversation. that is what i mean. >> for example, "politico" had a piece by hoover institution fellow who said white house records showed no meeting between president obama and sebelius for three years and the white house said a lot of meetings were not in the records and maybe you went too fast on that. >> no, i don't think so. we had accurate opinion piece,
is the press which was famously seen as having been in love with this press given the benefit of the doubt? >> you know, i'm curious of your view on this. you've been watching the washington media longer than i have. i happen to think that's one of the less attractive aspects of politico. >> we kick them when they're down? >> we kick them when they're down and we celebrate them when they're up based on the quality of the political performance, like oh, so-and-so is riding high in the polls. to be favorable, somebody is down in the polls, their coverage is weak. there's definitely an exaggeration. so somebody is never as high up as they are seen when things are going well, they're usually never down, as low when things are going their way. >> you have a reporter assigned to hillary clinton. so do other media organizations. why does the media insist on everything about her three years before the election? >> i think herr own actions really dictate that we have to be treating her at not a
they're happy or sad at the administration they're covering. but there are serious tensions now between the white house, jay carney and reporters. >> i think there always are tensions, but it has exploded in this year, 2013. you have the white house press filing formal complaints for using their own internal photo journalist. but he's not a member of the press. but sometimes what's happening is the news media isn't even invited to certain events and the white house are bringing people in to have one-on-one interviews with white house people and not even telling the press, which is outrageous. >> but this is what was going on in the first administration. i don't know why it didn't come up before he was re-elected. there was a politico story, i think a year ago, about they called it the puppet master. it was all about these things, this whose tv where it's very
sensibility of what is important and, what is more, and we say on occasion, mike has a toughness to him, a toughness, probably one of the most important journalism stories in recent years was broken by mike allen, remember, the "washington post" salon dinner, that is a mike allen story. he is well liked. >> you mentioned "washington post" the play week ruins things involveing their advertisers. fair or unfair? >> totally unfair. when mike allen started playbook it was a few hundred people. that figure grew to a few thousand pause word got out, this is fascinating. now, it is a00,000 people -- 100,000 people or more. >> but you have sponsors? >> we never had sponsors. >> you do now? >> it is something that is highly coveted by advertisers so
political to which is what we were good at. next month, howard, is our 7th anniversary from day one there was a certain story we did well and the stories put us on the map. >> you were criticized for being too fast or too superficial. >> i did not take that seriously. we are certainly fast and accurate. >> how important is speed in twitter age when you drive success by cable news. how important is speed? >> it is important but in a way less important than it was seven years ago. when we launched seven years ago, largely at the leadership level, people who grew up in an early era of media coming from the big name newspapers that is how we set ourselves apart for faster and fleeter, they were organized around 24-hour news cycle.
they're happy or sad at the administration they're covering. but there are serious tensions now between the white house, jay carney and reporters. >> i think there always are tensions, but it has exploded in this year, 2013. you have the white house press filing formal complaints for using their own internal photo journalist. but he's not a member of the press. but sometimes what's happening is the news media isn't even invited to certain events and the white house are bringing people in to have one-on-one interviews with white house people and not even telling the press, which is outrageous. >> but this is what was going on in the first administration. i don't know why it didn't come up before he was re-elected. there was a politico story, i think a year ago, about they called it the puppet master. it was all about these things, this whose tv where it's very
you say kind of a quick hit news story, i would say that's great. but if we're doing it in the policy room, politico is among the biggest policy news room. and another way of succeeding to me as a journalist that's very, very attractive with succeeding is with the deep dive enterprise story that could never be done as a quick hit. takes weeks of recording and in some cases weeks of writing to get it right. but when you get it right, everybody will be talking about that story. it will be driving the conversation. that's what i mean by setting this agenda. >> politico magazine read a piece on a hoover institutionyi between president obama and kathleen sebelius for three years. the white house pushed back saying a lot of the meetings weren't sit down. maybe you pushed too fast on that one?
is the press which was famously seen as having been in love with this press given the benefit of the doubt? >> you know, i'm curious of your view on this. you've been watching the washington media longer than i have. i happen to think that's one of the less attractive aspects of politico. >> we kick them when they're down? >> we kick them when they're down and we celebrate them when they're up based on the quality of the political performance, like oh, so-and-so is riding high in the polls. to be favorable, somebody is down in the polls, their coverage is weak. there's definitely an exaggeration. so somebody is never as high up as they are seen when things are going well, they're usually never down, as low when things are going their way. >> you have a reporter assigned to hillary clinton. so do other media organizations. why does the media insist on everything about her three years before the election? >> i think herr own actions really dictate that we have to be treating her at not a
is the press which was famously seen as having been in love with this press given the benefit of the doubt? >> you know, i'm curious of your view on this. you've been watching the washington media longer than i have. i happen to think that's one of the less attractive aspects of politico. >> we kick them when they're down? >> we kick them when they're down and we celebrate them when they're up based on the quality of the political performance, like oh, so-and-so is riding high in the polls. to be favorable, somebody is down in the polls, their coverage is weak. there's definitely an exaggeration. so somebody is never as high up as they are seen when things are going well, they're usually never down, as low when things are going their way. >> you have a reporter assigned to hillary clinton. so do other media organizations. why does the media insist on everything about her three years before the election? >> i think herr own actions really dictate that we have to be treating her at not a