The second story was not a direct response to the first, which is to say the journalists didn’t applaud Mrs. Clinton’s call to hold her... A juxtaposition of headlines from the Hill reveals a lot about politics and journalism in 2016: “Clinton to press: ‘Hold me accountable’ ” and “Journalists Applaud Clinton at Event.”The latter story appeared three minutes after the former Friday afternoon, and both were about the same event.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 08, 2016 17:03 UTC