When powerful people in Washington and New York give vast access to a select group of journalists and news organizations -- access is the name of that game -- they are part of a process that should always make you cautious. 

It's a similar conundrum. 

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This is the nature of journalism. This is the nature of social life. Everyone is trying to control the narrative.  It's why they invented deodorant.