Washington Press Corps Just One Big Book-Publishing Scam
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There are, in 2010, only two types of political books that get published. Actually there are more, but let's just say there are two. The first is for elected or appointed officials or staffers, whose financial incentive is to not fix or help the country in any way while on the job, quit after a few years, and immediately sign a memoir deal about how your unpopular, failed boss never listened to your brilliant advice that could have saved everything. The second is to get a fake but fancy-sounding job like "White House Correspondent" and use it to write fluffy or superficial odes to the Administration, in exchange for hot backroom gossip that can be leveraged into a book deal. The latter happens to be what every senior political reporter or White House correspondent is doing right now.
Washington Press Corps Just One Big Book-Publishing Scam
Washington Press Corps Just One Big…
Washington Press Corps Just One Big Book-Publishing Scam
There are, in 2010, only two types of political books that get published. Actually there are more, but let's just say there are two. The first is for elected or appointed officials or staffers, whose financial incentive is to not fix or help the country in any way while on the job, quit after a few years, and immediately sign a memoir deal about how your unpopular, failed boss never listened to your brilliant advice that could have saved everything. The second is to get a fake but fancy-sounding job like "White House Correspondent" and use it to write fluffy or superficial odes to the Administration, in exchange for hot backroom gossip that can be leveraged into a book deal. The latter happens to be what every senior political reporter or White House correspondent is doing right now.