From the Telegraph.co.uk:
In the hubbub of the spin room after last night’s Democratic debate in Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre, I introduced myself to Mandy Grunwald, Hillary Clinton’s media strategist, and prepared to ask a question. “Hi – you’re going to violate my I-only-speak-to- American-journalists…”, she said as I shook her hand.
I laughed. But it wasn’t a joke. “I just have this, like, you know, it’s my job to talk to people who print papers in states where we have voters – don’t take it personally but I’m going to answer his question first,” she said, pointing to Newsday’s Glen Thrush, standing behind me. I spluttered something about people clicking on internet stories. “Mmm, not so much – I’ll take his first,” Ms Grunwald responded.
See, I’m an American voter, but I get most of my news from the BBC. They’re not owned by the people who own the conglomerates that own American new outlets who in turn own politicians. I read foreign papers because they actually cover news instead of act as stenographers for the White House. News outlets in Brittan actually questioned the rational and the data that led to the Iraq War. You know, acting like they had the Fist Amendment, instead of using the First Amendment as toilet tissue.
I know I’m not in a majority like this, but, you’d think that Clinton’s campaign might have enough savvy to understand that not every voter only reads American papers or watches network news. Even if that’s to much to understand, you might think that they’d have enough sentient wherewithal not to say something this dumb out loud.
When I continued to act dumbfounded, she grudgingly relented. “I knew you were going to take it personally and think it terribly rude,” she said. “Ask your question.” So I did.
Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy platform states that “cooperative relationships have to be deepened and strengthened” across the globe while our “increasingly interconnected world demands an interconnected strategy”. I guess that doesn’t include the media.