MIKE ALLEN, THE NEW MEDIA DARLING

As you all know by now I scan several websites each morning, and despite my intense dislike for The New York (ultra liberal) Times I do check their site, too. Last Wednesday I ran across a very long 20 page tongue-bath article praising and essentially granting star classification to the work of Politico reporter, Mike Allen. If you have a great deal of time to read this “gotta read go to” then go to:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25allen-t.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

Allen is a highly regarded, aggressive scribe at POLITICO a Washington insider internet publication. As a result of reading this New York Times Magazine article, I have since gone to Mike Allen’s PLAYBOOK website, which you, too, may find to be informative and interesting. Frankly, it reminds me of the once famous work of legendary newspaperman Walter Winchell’s format of facts, speculation, and gossip. You can take a look at this site at:

http://www.politico.com/playbook/

If David Axelrod has to scan PLAYBOOK first thing on the way to the White House each morning then it must be all knowing and all telling, just like Axelrod’s boss. Draw your own conclusions to this creation of the new world of instant news and hand-held electronic gadgets.

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