Gawker Writer Calls Politico 'Big Cheeses,' 'Journalistically Bankrupt'

Tom Scocca, who writes for Gawker, had email issues Thursday. That’s why he didn’t respond to questions on why he repeatedly slighted Politico by referring to the publication 19 times as  “The Politico” in a recent post.

But, by the day’s end, he was able to get in touch and provide reasoning behind his angst over Politico and its Monday story on the White House-news media relationship. The story had a double byline of White House correspondent Mike Allen and Executive Editor Jim VandeHei.

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