Politico reports Monday The New York Times, Washington Post and Fox News have struck deals with a conservative author for “early access to his opposition research on Hillary Clinton.”
The upcoming book “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich” is set to debut May 5. By striking arrangements with author Peter Schweizer, the Times and FNC will have first crack at any revelations impacting the 2016 campaign. The Times, in its own story on the book, describes it as “proving the most anticipated and feared book of a presidential cycle still in its infancy.”
The newspaper describes the deals with Fox News and others as added to the potential power of the book’s reporting:
But “Clinton Cash” is potentially more unsettling, both because of its focused reporting and because major news organizations including The Times, The Washington Post and Fox News have exclusive agreements with the author to pursue the story lines found in the book.
Fox News has already begun reporting on the book, with this report from New Hampshire by Ed Henry: