Vanity Fair responds to Clinton; stands by Purdum piece
June 2, 2008
By Michael Calderone, Politico
Vanity Fair has just responded to the Clinton team's criticism of reporter Todd Purdum's talker on the post-presidency years.
In a response of nearly 2,500 words–a quarter the length of the actual story–former president Bill Clinton's office fails to address a single factual mistake in Todd Purdum's Vanity Fair article. Purdum, who has covered President Clinton on and off for 16 years beginning with his 1992 presidential campaign when Purdum was with The New York Times, spoke with dozens of current and former senior Clinton aides during the course of his reporting. Purdum also contacted the Clinton office long before the article's completionand had several conversations with staff regarding the president's participation. Vanity Fair stands behind the article and Purdum's reporting.
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