The Obama book glut: 9 more on the way

[babylonsister]

Ugh.

The Obama book glut: 9 more on the way

White House reporters are cashing in with Obama-related book deals. Here are 9 volumes in the works, and why the trend may be leading to biased coverage
posted on May 18, 2010, at 12:22 PM


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The success of Obama-related bestsellers Game Change and The Bridge has sparked a feeding frenzy in the publishing world — and A-list Washington journalists are rushing to get in on the action with an Obama book of their own. Many of the authors are White House correspondents, close enough to the president and his aides to get the sort of juicy scoops that sell books. But that competition for gossip — details about "the backstage struggles, the fiery memos, the angry retorts in meetings" — has some commentators worried that these journalist-authors are offering the White House softball coverage in hopes of getting more dirt. Others are just pleading, "enough is enough." Here's a look at nine Washington journalists and the details of their Obama book projects:

more, but here's one 'sterling journalist' cashing in:

4. Chuck Todd (NBC)
Todd's book, according to agent Matthew Carnicelli, will be a "nuanced analytical narrative" that focuses on Obama's political relationship with Hillary Clinton. Todd has already met with both Obama and Clinton, Carnicelli says, showing that "few other journalists in D.C. or New York have the type of access he has." In return for that access, Greenwald grouses, Todd is offering himself up as "an amplifying vessel and justifier for whatever the White House happens to be saying at any given moment." The book is due out in 2012.

http://theweek.com/article/index/202099/the-obama-book-glut-9-more-on-the-way

[FrenchieCat]

1. Ooh boy!

Greenwald grouses, Todd is offering himself up as "an amplifying vessel and justifier for whatever the White House happens to be saying at any given moment."


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

So Chuck Todd is now carrying water for the administration? Yeah...right! The guy who tells us that Democrats will be taken to slaughter in 2010 is in Obama's backpocket!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


So who's calling the media biased and liberal? Sounds like some liberals are.
So I guess this conservative myth will be perpetuated from now on till the end of time!
Thanks for nothing Mr. Greenwald! We need the media to continue manipulating the public,
and folks thinking that the press is on the side of this White House.

Guess till Obama's numbers are down to zero, some will continue to falsely claim that the media
is aiding and abetting this administration I guess! :shrug:

[geek tragedy]

2. Amazing that Greenwald can show his face after Larry Lessig

spanked his ass in public over the Kagan nomination.

[Cha]

3. greenham sounds like a disingenuous whiner.

[Clio the Leo]

4. Press corps was talking about this two months ago...

... and how everyone was jockeying for position trying to get sources for their own respective books.

Sometimes that place (the press corps) reminds me of a High School cafeteria.