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The Paterson E-mails
“I will separate his head from his body”
Communications director wants to plug leak with machete
By Joel Meares Dec 1, 2010 at 10:00 AM
It seems Governor Paterson’s communications director Peter Kauffmann has a bit of the Rahm Emanuel in him, if this e-mail... More
“Not Putting This In An Email”
She must have known
By Joel Meares Dec 1, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Perhaps Albany reporter Elizabeth Benjamin had an inkling that Governor Paterson’s communications director Peter Kauffmann’s e-mails would one day go... More
“Sorry About the Inadvertent Promotion”
Chris Smith’s error in NY Mag piece predicts the future
By Lauren Kirchner Dec 1, 2010 at 10:05 AM
In January, Chris Smith wrote a feature for New York Magazine on the “essential, if appealing, weirdness” of David Paterson.... More
A Lecture for the New Media Set
Kauffmann on John Koblin’s Tweet and “journalistic integrity”
By Joel Meares Dec 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM
I’m going to guess that Paterson communications director Peter Kauffmann is more your leisurely Sunday Times reader than your short-is-best... More
Governor Spotted With Four Women
None-too-pleased reporter forced to watch The View
By Joel Meares Dec 1, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Governor Paterson paid a visit to “the ladies of The View” this January and at least one member of the... More
How To Leak A Political Scoop
It starts with an e-mail…
By Joel Meares Dec 1, 2010 at 10:00 AM
How exactly do inside sources leak information to political reporters? Let Paterson communications director Peter Kauffmann show you. It all... More
Need Some Help Climbing Out of That Mess?
NY Mag’s Chris Smith’s witty e-mail misfire
By Lauren Kirchner Dec 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM
On March 1, New York Magazine reporter Chris Smith accidentally sent an e-mail to Paterson press secretary Marissa Shorenstein with... More
Nicholas Confessore: Greatest Journalist Who Ever Lived?
Making up quotes is fun and easy
By Lauren Kirchner Dec 1, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Here’s a silly one for you. New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore wrote to Paterson press secretary Marissa Shorenstein in... More
One Night at the AP
Conflicting e-mails from capitol editor offer window into a newsroom conflict
By Clint Hendler Dec 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM
It was one of the weirdest weeks Albany has ever experienced—and for New York’s scandal ridden, incestuous capital, that’s saying... More
Rumor-mongering Is Wrong…Except When I Do It
Does NPR’s Ken Rudin see the irony here?
By Lauren Kirchner Dec 1, 2010 at 10:05 AM
As Governor Paterson was embroiled in one scandal after the other this past February, Ken Rudin, the political director for... More
So You Want to Talk to the Governor?
The word “promise” comes up
By Liz Cox Barrett Dec 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM
It's February, maybe March, of 2010. You're a political reporter frantically seeking face or phone time with Governor David Paterson... More
The Times asked if Paterson was caught in “compromising positions”
E-mails reveal early question about women who were “not his wife”
By Clint Hendler Dec 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM
On January 24, 2010, Danny Hakim, a New York Times reporter who was in frequent contact with Governor David Paterson’s... More
The Paterson E-mails
Flacking and reporting, through the rumors
By Clint Hendler Dec 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM
In March 2010, CJR filed two Freedom of Information Law requests seeking e-mails between journalists and Governor Paterson’s two most... More
WTF! Where’s My Callback?
There’s time for a laugh in Albany
By Joel Meares Dec 1, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Anyone who spends their time at a computer knows the joy of the witty e-mail exchange. And Albany's press bubble... More
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Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
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