Politico Stuffs Foot in Mouth

While criticizing Cox Media Group’s new conservative media outlet Rare for click bait over the weekend, including the occasional kitten post, look what Politico has directly under the story about Rare. Gee, would that be click-bait pics of Victoria’s Secret underwear models, bare-chested beefcake and — yes — a story about a musical cat?

“Rare’s Twitter feed shows a news outlet focused on aggregation — and not every link makes sense in the context of a social media and content hub with a conservative bent,” writes media writer Mackenzie Weinger in paragraph 5.

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