Ashley Parker is the new Maggie Haberman.
Unfortunately, we still have the old Maggie Haberman too.
Unfortunately, we still have the old Maggie Haberman too.
Just so everyone understands, Parker was a reasonable and measured journalist for years.
Last January, however, WaPo promoted her into the role of White House Bureau Chief.
She stepped into the Big Boss seat… just as clicks began the inevitable post-Trump slide.
Last January, however, WaPo promoted her into the role of White House Bureau Chief.
She stepped into the Big Boss seat… just as clicks began the inevitable post-Trump slide.
So, a person who has never been the boss replaced a well regarded and effective predecessor right as clicks fell off a cliff.
Parker went from being just another reporter on the White House beat to winning a Pulitzer Prize and becoming WH Bureau Chief under Trump.
Parker went from being just another reporter on the White House beat to winning a Pulitzer Prize and becoming WH Bureau Chief under Trump.
Trump was responsible for the greatest success Parker ever had in her life…
and now she is in a job she isn’t seasoned enough to handle just as all of the media’s euphoria from four years of profiteering wears off.
It’s midnight, the ball is over, and Cinderella blames Biden.
and now she is in a job she isn’t seasoned enough to handle just as all of the media’s euphoria from four years of profiteering wears off.
It’s midnight, the ball is over, and Cinderella blames Biden.
Parker is just one disgruntled Icarus of many.
They had four years of being SO important. Their employers loved them. The public hung on their every word.
AND THEN JOE BIDEN RUINED EVERYTHING.
They had four years of being SO important. Their employers loved them. The public hung on their every word.
AND THEN JOE BIDEN RUINED EVERYTHING.
For real, Trump created an industry of addicts… and now they’d push their grandfather down a flight of stairs to get back to their dealer.
Trump-addicted journalists would sooner see this country spiral down into flaming wreckage than accept that they’re just ordinary again.
Trump-addicted journalists would sooner see this country spiral down into flaming wreckage than accept that they’re just ordinary again.
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