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A Triumph of Self-Obsession

The Nuzzi-Lizza scandal is emblematic of Washington journos

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Ben Domenech
Dec 05, 2025
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My latest column in the New York Post:

We regret to inform you that the journos are at it again, doing their best to focus the national conversation on where all beltway scribblers and CNN hosts agree it belongs: themselves.

It was the grande dame of Washington socialites, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, who popularized the invitation: “If you can’t say someth…

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