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The Spitzer Files: How the New York Times and the Press Serviced Client No. 9 - Eliot Spitzer
gawker.com - 25 days ago
The Spitzer Files: How the New York Times and the Press Serviced Client No. 9 - Eliot Spitzer
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The New York Times broke the story of Eliot Spitzer 's hooker habit last year, launching a PR shitstorm of epic proportions. But according to e-mail traffic we've obtained, the Times showed Spitzer's flacks extraordinary deference as the scandal unfolded. On March 10, 2008, few people on ...
Disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer to lecture at ethics center; Madam says it's dumb move by Harvard U.
nydailynews.com - 18 days ago
Disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer to lecture at ethics center; Madam says it's dumb move by ...
— nydailynews.com — Hooker-loving ex- Gov. Eliot Spitzer is set to deliver a lecture Thursday at - of all places... - a center for ethics at Harvard University . And the madam who supplied Spitzer's high-priced escorts said she can't imagine a less qualified speaker. "I am ... (more) Disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer to lecture at ethics ...
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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 17 days ago
Client No. 9 To Give Harvard Lecture on Ethics
— jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com — Why, this is almost as funny as having Chris Dodd in charge of financial reofrm.Oh wait...Hooker-loving ex-Gov.... Eliot Spitzer is scheduled to deliver a lecture Thursday at - of all places - a center for ethics at Harvard University.And the Madam who ... (more) Client No. 9 To Give Harvard Lecture on Ethics

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  How the Media Serviced Client #9

Ben Smith's Blog:  Remainders: Chewy

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How the Media Serviced Client #9
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — In a must-read story, Gawker obtains emails from former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's office that shed light on the media's deference during "a PR shitstorm of epic proportions" as the governor was linked to a prostitution ring. ...

Remainders: Chewy
Ben Smith's Blog — ... I'm not sure why Gawker is tut-tutting, but emails between Spitzer aides and the Times do offer a glimpse behind the journalistic scenes, and make me wonder what the dumbest email I ever sent to a press office might be, and when I can expect to see it in print. ...

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