By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air:
Extraordinary claims should require extraordinary proof. That’s a good rule of thumb these days when weighing claims from either the government or the media, which is why today’s report on the culture at the State Department from the Washington Post should have tripped everyone’s grain-of-saltometer. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has started off his tenure in a bubble, their sources claim — so much so that subordinates have been instructed not to make eye contact with the boss.
Er … really?
On many days, he blocks out several hours on his schedule as “reading time,” when he is cloistered in his office poring over the memos he prefers ahead of in-person meetings.
Most of his interactions are with an insular circle of political aides who are new to the State Department. Many career diplomats say they still have not met him, and some have been instructed not to speak to him directly — or even make eye contact.
No, not really, insists the Associated Press’ beat reporter at State for the last eighteen years. Matt Lee took to Twitter to dispute this claim, and to lament that bad reporting is making it more difficult to get reporting on real issues at Foggy Bottom needed attention. Lee responded to a tweet from The Hill repeating the Post’s story (via Twitchy)…
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