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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.150.13 with SMTP id x13cs230341ybd; Mon, 4 May 2009 13:12:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.151.134.4 with SMTP id l4mr12627978ybn.204.1241467958486; Mon, 04 May 2009 13:12:38 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> Received: from mail11a.disney.com (mail11a.disney.com [192.195.66.21]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 21si13055082gxk.6.2009.05.04.13.12.38; Mon, 04 May 2009 13:12:38 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of Jake.Tapper@abc.com designates 192.195.66.21 as permitted sender) client-ip=192.195.66.21; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of Jake.Tapper@abc.com designates 192.195.66.21 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=Jake.Tapper@abc.com Return-Path: <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> Received: from imr11.disney.pvt (imr11.disney.pvt [153.6.60.111]) by mail11.disney.com with ESMTP; Mon, 4 May 2009 20:12:38 Z Received: from sm-flor-xgw02b.wdw.disney.com (sm-flor-xgw02b.wdw.disney.com [153.6.172.148]) by imr11.disney.pvt with ESMTP; Mon, 4 May 2009 20:12:38 Z Received: from sm-flor-xrc02.wdw.disney.com ([153.6.172.139]) by sm-flor-xgw02b.wdw.disney.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 4 May 2009 16:12:37 -0400 Received: from sm-nyny-xrc01b.nena.wdpr.disney.com ([167.13.137.110]) by sm-flor-xrc02.wdw.disney.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 4 May 2009 16:12:37 -0400 Received: from sm-dcwa-xmb01.nena.wdpr.disney.com ([167.13.244.33]) by sm-nyny-xrc01b.nena.wdpr.disney.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 4 May 2009 16:12:37 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: following up Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 20:12:36 +0000 Message-Id: <DDA2078F1C5EB8468CB54145C3A8746C73236B@sm-dcwa-xmb01.nena.wdpr.disney.com> In-Reply-To: <8dd172e0905041257j4d447314o2b9a7cc5475ab4bb@mail.gmail.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: following up Thread-Index: AcnM8opTYdrz0SGtR3GOpuLfQnub0QAAgG6A References: <DDA2078F1C5EB8468CB54145C3A8746C73235B@sm-dcwa-xmb01.nena.wdpr.disney.com> <8dd172e0905041257j4d447314o2b9a7cc5475ab4bb@mail.gmail.com> From: "Tapper, Jake" <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> To: "John Podesta" <john.podesta@gmail.com>, jpodesta@americanprogress.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 May 2009 20:12:37.0148 (UTC) FILETIME=[AB1A3DC0:01C9CCF4] Before i send a note to my colleagues I want to make sure that this is = the only proposal you're making in terms of correcting that false = report. -----Original Message----- From: John Podesta [mailto:john.podesta@gmail.com]=20 Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 3:57 PM To: Tapper, Jake Subject: Re: following up "Is this was thinkprogress is?" Boy, you must be really steamed. Tell you what, write a posting (try to keep it to 300 words) and we'll put it up without edits or editorial comment. You can say we are dogs or whatever you want. John PS I am more reliably reached at jpodesta@americanprogress.org On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Tapper, Jake <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> = wrote: > Off the record, Faiz, you should be ashamed for printing something so > untrue. > > And John - is this was thinkprogress is? Print anything, damn the = facts? > > ________________________________ > From: Faiz Shakir <FShakir@americanprogress.org> > To: Tapper, Jake <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> > Cc: Lenzner, Emily A <Emily.A.Lenzner@abc.com>; Schneider, Jeffrey W > <Jeffrey.W.Schneider@abc.com> > Sent: Mon May 04 10:13:31 2009 > Subject: RE: following up > > You told me nothing for attribution. Like I said, I don't think the = story is > damaging=A0for you, Jake. You get information from all sides. > > If you'd like me to print this part of your email, I'd be happy to: = "Nothing > in your story about my reporting on this matter is accurate. No one > pressured me, no one peddled anything to me, and no one reached out to = me to > cover this. Indeed, the first I heard of Mark Levin pushing this story = was > on your post." > > > ________________________________ > From: Tapper, Jake [mailto:Jake.Tapper@abc.com] > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 10:07 AM > To: Faiz Shakir > Cc: Lenzner, Emily A; Schneider, Jeffrey W > Subject: Re: following up > > > Cc: John Podesta > Jeffrey Schneider > Emily Lenzner > > Off the record > > Faiz -- > > As I told you many times off the record, both in email and on the = phone, the > premise of your story is just false. > > You nonetheless wrote it anyway, indicating quite clearly that you = don't > care about accuracy or the truth in your reporting. > > You wanted to push a narrative that I was used by the right wing = media, so > you wrote what you wrote regardless of the facts. That's shoddy = journalism, > and it's simply not reflective of the truth. > > As I told you, I heard of Lauria's claims when I overheard Ann Compton > talking with someone at ABC News radio about Lauria's interview. That = was > the last I heard of it. > > I was interested in speaking with someone representing the hedge funds = since > President Obama spoke so strongly against them. Friday I was busy with > Justice Souter's story, so I didn't get a chance to look into it. > > On Saturday, I found Lauria's interview on the WJR-AM website. I = looked into > Lauria, found him to be a credible voice, a leading bankruptcy = attormey who > indeed had represented the firm in question. Moreover, he had recently = given > $10,000 to the DSCC so he had no discernible partisan motives. > > I reached out to the White House, they denied Lauria's story, which we = gave > prominence in the story. > > Nothing in your story about my reporting on this matter is accurate. = No one > pressured me, no one peddled anything to me, and no one reached out to = me to > cover this. Indeed, the first I heard of Mark Levin pushing this story = was > on your post. > > The fact that you don't mention Lauria's giving money to Democrats is = quite > telling. > > This is inaccurate and you should be ashamed to have written it after = I told > you what happened. > > Jake > > ________________________________ > From: Faiz Shakir <FShakir@americanprogress.org> > To: Tapper, Jake <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> > Sent: Mon May 04 09:53:50 2009 > Subject: RE: following up > > here's the story. feel free to let me know what I got wrong (of = course, I'm > always happy to print an on the record=A0response from you): > > http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/04/right-wing-radio-tapper/ > > > ________________________________ > From: Tapper, Jake [mailto:Jake.Tapper@abc.com] > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 8:56 AM > To: Faiz Shakir > Subject: RE: following up > > off the record, i assume youll mention that the WH denial of the story = first > appeared in my blog, which highlighted their disputing of the story > > > ________________________________ > From: Faiz Shakir [mailto:FShakir@americanprogress.org] > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 07:52 > To: Tapper, Jake > Subject: Re: following up > > How did you first learn of tom lauria's comments on the frank = breckmann > show? > > > > -------------------------- > Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Device > > ________________________________ > From: Tapper, Jake > To: Faiz Shakir > Sent: Mon May 04 07:46:14 2009 > Subject: Re: following up > > What is the question you're seeking me to comment on? > > ________________________________ > From: Faiz Shakir <FShakir@americanprogress.org> > To: Tapper, Jake <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> > Sent: Mon May 04 07:47:21 2009 > Subject: Re: following up > > 202 247 0038 > > > -------------------------- > Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Device > > ________________________________ > From: Tapper, Jake > To: Faiz Shakir > Sent: Sun May 03 23:53:14 2009 > Subject: Re: following up > > What's your number? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Faiz Shakir <FShakir@americanprogress.org> > To: Tapper, Jake <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> > Sent: Sun May 03 23:38:33 2009 > Subject: RE: following up > > Thanks Jake -- I appreciate your honesty. It's my understanding that a > right-wing radio host was peddling this to you, and I'm going to = assert that > you gave their cause some legs. I wanted to give you a heads-up and an > opportunity to comment. > > If you'd like to go on record with anything, please let me know. > > > ________________________________________ > From: Tapper, Jake [Jake.Tapper@abc.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:34 PM > To: Faiz Shakir > Subject: Re: following up > > Off the record, I heard some of our radio people talking about it. I = was > busy with souter reporting friday, so on saturday I looked into = Lauria. > > He had only given money to dems, is a leading attorney in his field, = and > represents many of these hedge funds and money managers - and until = recently > represented the firm in question. > > Certainly thought given the way the president had gone after his = clients, it > was worth hearing his view, in the context of the WH and Perello = Weinberg > statements. > > Why? What's your angle? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Faiz Shakir <FShakir@americanprogress.org> > To: Tapper, Jake <Jake.Tapper@abc.com> > Sent: Sun May 03 23:31:55 2009 > Subject: following up > > Hi Jake, > > As I noted before, I'm working on a story about how Tom Lauria's = comments > got legs. I know they were first uttered on Frank Beckmann's show on = Friday. > But I'm wondering how you learned about it. Would you mind letting me = know? > If you'd rather not say, that's fine. Thanks > > -Faiz > > >