"Scandals" Distract from Deeper Problems

The Prospect's Jamelle Bouie appeared on Up with Steve Kornacki this weekend where he discussed how lumping the DoJ's secret acquisition of Associated Press phone records with other "'Obama scandals' takes the focus away from actual, ongoing problems" such as the administration's remarkable hostility to whisteblowers and other information-leakers.

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