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Maryland Lt. Gov. and US Senate candidate
Michael Steele claims the Washington Post's
Dana Milbank violated terms of a 90-minute luncheon meeting with nine reporters by being the only one, initially, to
publish a piece about what was said there. Milbank tells
Nick Madigan: "It's the usual 'shoot the messenger.' But we followed the ground rules scrupulously." || Related
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Marc Fisher writes: "I have in my hand an e-mail from Steele's own campaign spokesman declaring the meeting to be a 'backgrounder' -- meaning that Steele could be quoted, but not by name."
(Washington Post)