From Politico Live, about 9:45 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 13, the night of the primaries in Alabama and Mississippi, a rant from Politico Editor-in-Chief John Harris – a Washington Post veteran – justifying why he assigned a staffer to write a post which was mildly titled: “How much do voters know?” (Details in a NewsBusters post: “Politico’s Alex Burns: Voters Are ‘Forrest Gump-like’, Lack ‘Most Basic Grasp of the Details’”)
Politico Live was carried by C-SPAN and, in the Washington, DC-area, by NewsChannel 8, the all-news cable channel owned by the same company which owns Politico. (NewsBusters: “Politico Editor Proudly Announces Story Calling Americans ‘Stupid’ Was His Idea”)
The reaction at the end is from Jim VandeHei, Politico’s Executive Editor.
Politico's John Harris Boasts He Assigned Story on How Republican Primary 'Voters Are Stupid'
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