When the shoe is on the other foot . . .

[HankB]

. . . your toes tend to get pinched.

A reporter from something called "American Urban Radio Networks" claims that in a confrontation with White House communications official Omarosa Manigault, she was told a "dossier" was being kept on her.

SURPRISE! The meeting/confrontation was taped - and doesn't support her version of the encounter.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/%e2%80%98this-is-nixonian%e2%80%99-reporter-was-taped-by-white-house-in-heated-exchange/ar-AAmWHge?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U270DHP

Reporters love surreptitious recordings and open mics of the people they're targeting, but when someone does that to THEM . . . they cry foul.

I'm loving this.   

[K Frame]

White House press team or media representative.

Can I believe that BOTH are lying?

[wmenorr67]

One thing we in the military have been taught, when dealing with the press, they will always look for ways to use your words and actions to sell their story, not yours.

[grampster]

I'm sure I've mentioned this before.  When I was in LE and involved in something newsworthy, I used to say that when reading about the situation in the local paper, that if I hadn't been there I wouldn't have known what really happened.

[DittoHead]

The meeting/confrontation was taped

I'm glad that our politicians are finally coming to terms with their terrible memories and doing something about it. Ya try ask them if if they ever kept classified information on their private email server or if they've been talking to the Russians and they can't remember a darn thing! If they record everything maybe they'll be able to say something other than "I don't recall" when asked a question.

[Perd Hapley]

"Nixonian," meaning "anything a Republican politician does, which Democrats decide they don't like." For example, using the IRS as a club against one political opponents is Nixonian, if a Republican administration does it. Authorizing the sale of weapons to foreign drug gangs, if a Republican president does it. Lying about legislation to get it passed, and then brow-beating the court into overlooking its unconstitutionality - but only if a Republican does it. Illegally carrying on state business (often involving classified intel) on a private email server, if a Republican does it. Blaming one's own, lethal, foreign policy blunders on a YouTube crank, if a Republican does it.

One could go on at some length.

[Hawkmoon]

"Nixonian," meaning "anything a Republican politician does, which Democrats decide they don't like." For example, using the IRS as a club against one political opponents is Nixonian, if a Republican administration does it. Authorizing the sale of weapons to foreign drug gangs, if a Republican president does it. Lying about legislation to get it passed, and then brow-beating the court into overlooking its unconstitutionality - but only if a Republican does it. Illegally carrying on state business (often involving classified intel) on a private email server, if a Republican does it. Blaming one's own, lethal, foreign policy blunders on a YouTube crank, if a Republican does it.

One could go on at some length.

So what is it when those things are done by a Democrat?

"Statesmanship."

[MechAg94]

Manigault and Ryan were formerly friends; Manigault had even asked Ryan last summer to be a bridesmaid in her forthcoming wedding. But their relationship soured in the fall when Manigault, then working on Trump’s presidential campaign, suggested in emails to Ryan that the journalist was accepting money from Hillary Clinton’s campaign for favorable coverage. Ryan vigorously denied it.

“Protect your legacy!!” Manigault wrote to Ryan in October. “You have worked too hard to have people question your ethics as a journalist.” She cited a story that mentioned the Clinton campaign’s efforts to woo journalists and added, “This story suggests that as a reporter, you are (or were) a paid Clinton surrogate. I pray this is not true! This could be hurtful to your legacy and the integrity of your work.”

Her outrage at the comment indicates to me she probably was taking money.

[HankB]

I'm glad that our politicians are finally coming to terms with their terrible memories and doing something about it. Ya try ask them if if they ever kept classified information on their private email server or if they've been talking to the Russians and they can't remember a darn thing! If they record everything maybe they'll be able to say something other than "I don't recall" when asked a question.

Better when set to music . . .  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbf4WxHkcI