The thing you need to understand about why political journalists become the subject of the story exponentially more often than journos on other beats is that political journalists cover gossip, not policy

Gossip is a lot easier. And it gets the clicks.

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the flip side being that all the really great political writers are readily identifiable by the fact that their readers don't know the remotest thing about their personal lives or proclivities

Bingo! Thank you - this is so clarifying, and redeems the whole notion of the tweet - or whatever we are calling bluesky thingies.

TV reporters have far more respect for the practice of journalism.

Sure yes sometimes policy appears in the course of reporting on gossip but it’s decorative at best

texting nudes isn't going to help with that in-depth explainer on tax bracket policy

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Kudos to Charles Pierce for christening Politico as "Tiger Beat on the Potomac"