Aides plotted to alter coverage of Hillary by stirring outrage from minority talking heads
“When bloomberg was having problems w the times he called Arthur schulzburger [sic] and asked for coffee,” Tanden said. “He made the case that they were treating him like a billionaire dilettante instead of Third term mayor. It changed the coverage moderately but also aired the issues in the newsroom so people were more conscious of it. But Arthur is a pretty big wuss so he’s not going to do a lot more than that. Hillary would have to be the one to call.”
That is fairly standard advice when dealing with the media. But Tanden’s next line of advice is shocking. She advised using members of the media — liberal pundits, especially women and persons of color — to bully The Times into softer coverage via a campaign of criticism.
“He also thinks the brown and women pundits can shame the times [sic] and others on social media,” said Tanden. “So cultivating Joan Walsh, [Matt] Yglesias, Allen, perry bacon, Greg Sargent, to defend her is helpful. They can be emboldened. Fwiw — I pushed pir to do this a yr ago.”
“Brown” can be a politically incorrect term for black, Latino, Middle Eastern, or Indian people.
When President George H.W. Bush described his Hispanic grandchildren as “the little brown ones” in August 1988, he was flayed by newspapers and media for the remark.
“Just saying that means he knows they’re different. He didn’t say, ‘Those are my grandchildren.’ He didn’t just refer to the kids by their names,” said one Hispanic man interviewed by the Associated Press. “That just shows that he’s … insensitive.”
Tanden’s email to Podesta had the subject line “Howard’s advice.” That is a possibly a reference to Howard Wolfson, a Democratic aide to Bloomberg.
The pundits Tanden refers to are well-known liberal and leftist pundits — but until now, it was unclear they were seen as pliable by the Clinton campaign.
Joan Walsh is the editor of Salon. Matt Yglesias is a longtime liberal blogger and works for the liberal digital outlet Vox.
Perry Bacon is an NBC News correspondent and an African-American. Greg Sargent is a liberal columnist for The Washington Post.
It is unclear who “Allen” is.
The term “pir” likely refers to Philippe Reines, a top Clinton aide.
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