When Is An Exclusive Not An Exclusive?

Meet The Press says host David Gregory has a “rare” and “exclusive” interview with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this weekend, so we wondered—when is an interview actually “rare” and “exclusive”?

News orgs tend to throw those kinds of labels around a lot (we’re looking at you Politico) and they don’t always seem like they should apply. It’s one thing to claim an exclusive over a one-time source sucked into the news vortex by circumstances beyond their control (e.g.,

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