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Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:00 AM

Answers for Joe Klein

Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:40 AM

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    . . . his colleagues routinely speak of [Broder] in the hushed, awed tone they typically reserve for John McCain and Joe Lieberman.

    Journalists speaking in "hushed, awed tones" about the people they cover. That's it in a nutshell.

    By the way, check out "The Boys on the Bus," chronicling the press corps in the 1972 presidential campaign, for Hunter Thompson's take on what a hack Broder is. He claims to have made a nice pile of cash just by automatically betting AGAINST Broder's picks in every single primary.

    —SoFla Kate Read SoFla Kate's other letters

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