Vox-splanation: "The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary"

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http://www.vox.com/2015/7/6/8900143/hillary-clinton-reporting-rules?yptr=yahoo&ref=yfp

[font size=5]Confessions of a Clinton reporter: The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary[/font]
Updated by Jonathan Allen

.... The Clinton rules are driven by reporters' and editors' desire to score the ultimate prize in contemporary journalism: the scoop that brings down Hillary Clinton and her family's political empire. At least in that way, Republicans and the media have a common interest. ....

... I wanted to sell books, of course. But the easier way to do that — proven over time — is to write as though the Clintons are the purest form of evil. The same holds for daily reporting. Want to drive traffic to a website? Write something nasty about a Clinton, particularly Hillary. ....

[font size=5]1) Everything, no matter how ludicrous-sounding, is worthy of a full investigation by federal agencies, Congress, the "vast right-wing conspiracy," and mainstream media outlets[/font] ....

[font size=5]2) Every allegation, no matter how ludicrous, is believable until it can be proven completely and utterly false. And even then, it keeps a life of its own in the conservative media world.[/font] ....

[font size=5]3) The media assumes that Clinton is acting in bad faith until there's hard evidence otherwise.[/font] ....

[font size=5]4) Everything is newsworthy because the Clintons are the equivalent of America's royal family [/font] ....

[font size=5]5) Everything she does is fake and calculated for maximum political benefit[/font] ....

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[Orrex]

1. Sadly true, and much of that applied to DU until just a few months ago

Of course, most of those types have seeped down to Jackrabbit Ridicules, but the stink is hard to forget.