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| Milbank is the author of ''Smash Mouth: Two Years in the Gutter with Al Gore and George W. Bush--Notes from the 2000 Campaign Trail''. A new book, ''Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government'', was published by ] in January 2008.<ref></ref> | Milbank is the author of ''Smash Mouth: Two Years in the Gutter with Al Gore and George W. Bush--Notes from the 2000 Campaign Trail''. A new book, ''Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government'', was published by ] in January 2008.<ref></ref> | ||
| =="Presumptuous" column controversy== | |||
| In ], Milbank wrote a column in which he alleged that presidential candidate ] was "presumptous" and claimed that Senator Obama had said "I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions." <ref> </ref> Several critics contended that this quote was taken out of context and/or deliberately omitted the extensive, self-deprecating passage preceding it. <ref></ref> <ref></ref> A fuller quote: "It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign -- that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It's about America. I have just become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions..." <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3719710/</ref> Milbank also apparently confused British Prime Minister ] with the Leader of the Opposition ] in the column. | |||
| On the ] edition of MSNBC's ''],'' host Olbermann announced in his Best Persons in the World segment that Milbank was permanently leaving ''Countdown'' to appear on another program, after Milbank had not been allowed back on the program until he would write a retraction of his Obama misquote. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26037831/</ref> Airing opposite ''Countdown'', Milbank appeared as a contributor on '']'' with ]. | |||
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Dana T. Milbank (born 27 April, 1968) is a political reporter for The Washington Post. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of Trumbull College, the Progressive Party of the Yale Political Union and the secret society Skull and Bones.
Milbank covered the 2000 US Presidential election and the 2004 US Presidential election. He also covered US President George W. Bush's first term in office. In 2001, a pool report penned by Milbank which covered a Bush visit to the US Capitol generated controversy within conservative circles. According to Milbank, the nickname given to him by the president is "not printable in a family publication."
As a reporter for The Washington Post, Milbank writes "Washington Sketch", an observational column about political theater in the White House, Congress, and elsewhere in the capital. Before coming to the Post as a political writer in 2000, he covered the Clinton White House for The New Republic and Congress for The Wall Street Journal.
Milbank is the author of Smash Mouth: Two Years in the Gutter with Al Gore and George W. Bush--Notes from the 2000 Campaign Trail. A new book, Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government, was published by Random House in January 2008.
"Presumptuous" column controversy
In 2008, Milbank wrote a column in which he alleged that presidential candidate Barack Obama was "presumptous" and claimed that Senator Obama had said "I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions." Several critics contended that this quote was taken out of context and/or deliberately omitted the extensive, self-deprecating passage preceding it. A fuller quote: "It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign -- that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. It's about America. I have just become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions..." Milbank also apparently confused British Prime Minister Gordon Brown with the Leader of the Opposition David Cameron in the column.
On the August 4 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, host Olbermann announced in his Best Persons in the World segment that Milbank was permanently leaving Countdown to appear on another program, after Milbank had not been allowed back on the program until he would write a retraction of his Obama misquote. Airing opposite Countdown, Milbank appeared as a contributor on CNN Election Center with Campbell Brown.
References
- Lloyd Grove, "Yale Bones Connect Kerry, Bush", New York Daily News, March 4, 2004
- Deborah Mitchell, "A Rich Bounty, Gone For Good", New York Daily News, January 28, 2001
- "Kerry versus Bush: Eight is Enough", The Hotline, March 4, 2004.
- Christopher Cooper, "Bloggers Parse Pool Reportage On Bush Doings", The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2005
- Bryan Keefer, "Dana Milbank on Covering the White House and Nicknames We Can't Publish", Columbia Journalism Review
- Homo Politicus by Dana Milbank - Books - Random House
- "President Obama Continues Hectic Victory Tour", Washington Post, July 30, 2008
- Josh Marshall, TalkingPointsMemo, July 31, 2008
- Jason Linkins, Huffington Post, July 30, 2008
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3719710/
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26037831/
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