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Dana Perino: E-mail Changed the Way News is Gathered

By Paul Bedard

February 22, 2009 RSS Feed Print

By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

The Internet hasn't just changed how the news is delivered. It has also changed how it's collected. Former White House press secretary Dana Perino says that when she got into the business, some 97 percent of all queries came in a phone call. "Now, that's flipped," she says. And while that has cut down on misquotes, it's put a damper on personal relationships between reporters and sources. "There's something about interaction," she says. Consider the numbers. After cleaning out her E-mail inbox one weekend in her last month, she found 2,071 new E-mails waiting for her the following Monday, mostly from reporters. "E-mails are a blessing and a curse."

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Dana, as a fan of yours I'm concerned about the change. The longer your hair gets, the more Fox-Bimbo you become, strident and in-your-face, like Guilfoil and all the rest of the harem. It doesn't become you, in fact is beneath you. You are patrician, dignified and poised by nature, but recently, as your hair has grown, you've become as common as all the other Fox women with the same hair style and plunging necklines. Until now you were the grand dame, the mature and brainy one who always did a great wrap of the discussion at hand. Now you look like you are desperate to hold onto your job, thinking that fake exuberance and sexiness is what you must resort to. Well, they are not your style. You are naturally beautiful, confident, intelligent and divine, so act yourself. Quit trying to be cool to please your grandchildren. You're cool naturally, don't mess it up. Best wishes, Jazbo.

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The Republican Paty needs you. You can articulate anything. The Republicans could use you. Run for office.

Phyllis Sandvos of MA 4:39PM August 18, 2009

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