There were pleas for favors, as when a Democratic Party official emailed Chuck Todd, the “Meet the Press” host, for tickets to an exclusive NBC soiree. (“I can’t even get every producer on my cable show into the party,” Mr. Todd replied.)
There were gripes about coverage, with party aides dismissing the MSNBC host Steve Kornacki as a “hipster pit bull.”
And there was disdain for the frequent flattery by television journalists. When Fox News sought permission to sponsor a Democratic primary debate — “Please know that you are always welcome at Fox,” an executive wrote — the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, seemed unimpressed.
“Boy,” Ms. Wasserman Schultz wrote to an aide hours later. “They are laying it on thick.”
The collection of committee emails released last week by the guerrilla journalism group WikiLeaks seemed intended to hurt Democratic unity on the eve of the party’s convention, revealing concerted efforts to undermine Senator Bernie Sanders’s campaign. (On Sunday, Ms. Wasserman Schultz said she would resign.) For the full article click here
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