"All these newspapers used to have foreign bureaus. Now, they don't. They call us to explain to them what's happening in Moscow and Cairo. Most of the outlets are reporting on world events from Washington. The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. That's a sea change. They literally know nothing."-National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, on how the White House took advantage of gullible reporters to "sell" the Iranian nuclear deal, quoted in New York Times Magazine, May 8.
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