Email server=real story, disproportionate coverage. Campaign internal discussions=mostly trivia unless corruption or fraud.
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Replying to @zeynep
: You still didn't answer my question. Are journalists allowed to report on non-election-related material during elections?
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Replying to @ericgeller
The question isn't allowed. Of course they are "allowed". The question is: what does good journalism look like and focus on.
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Replying to @zeynep
: Again, different reporters focus on different things. Breaking news reporters are different from enterprise reporters.
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Replying to @ericgeller
Maybe breaking news reporters should notice, hey, we are being fed fairly minor stuff everyday, and think how to respond.
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Replying to @zeynep
: Maybe. But maybe they should do their jobs within their areas of responsibility while enterprise/investigative reporters do theirs.
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Replying to @ericgeller
I literally saw WaPo's front page feature what some random HuffPost blogger emailed to a Clinton staffer a year ago on Sanders.
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Replying to @zeynep
: That's overkill. No question. Homepage presentation is largely out of reporters' hands.
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Replying to @ericgeller
: And frankly I think this goes to the heart of it: How is reporting being packaged and displayed? Headlines, page placement, etc.
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Replying to @ericgeller
Wikileaks beat should've had one pooler to look for corruption, fraud, or conflict-of-interest. Rest was deliberate distraction.
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Since it was public at the same time, there was no need for competitive coverage of what bad word Neera Tanden used, ffs.
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Replying to @zeynep
: We'll agree to disagree that "public at the same time" means "no one should write about this."
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Replying to @ericgeller
No, that's not what I said. Write on the important stuff.
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