WaPo's Shapira Questions Journos 'Sniffing Out' Other Journos

WaPo’s Ian Shapira is irate with Politico’s Patrick Gavin, who has been filling in on the “On Media” page.

Why? In a story Gavin published yesterday regarding the potential purchase of the TWT, Shapira claims Gavin sought to find out who Shapira’s sources are — a practice that makes Shapira “grimace”. To read Gavin’s post, he’s reporting on the reporting that has been done about on TWT’s potential sale, which is in line with what media writers do — they cover what the media is covering.

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