1.17.2008
Campaign Warfare
Sigh. I had to eat a shitburger from a campaign manager today, after a story pointing out his Democratic candidate's cash comes from embattled Republican House Speaker Tom Cr@ddick's big lobby donors. I couldn't give an inch, because, well, the story was fair. I offered to put up his email rants directly on my political blog, but for some reason he asked me not to.

Some campaign manager tactics that never seem to work really well with reporters but continue to be used all the time:

1.) Bullying
2.) Crying foul - "How is THAT a story!" "That's an old story!" "That's a non-story."
3.) Listing all the "glaring omissions" on reporter's part
4.) Patronizing.. largely by way of rhetorical questions that are supposed to prove their point
5.) Refusing to respond (this is probably the worst tactic of all)
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