Politico
Patrick Gavin profiles Jason Mattera, whose ambush interview of Vice President Joe Biden has Washington talking about his confrontational questions. “I don’t really care what the Washington establishment says,” says Mattera, editor of Human Events. “If they want to give affirmation or condemnation, it doesn’t matter to me. … My audience is not D.C. My goal is not to get [these videos] ricocheted around D.C. It’s to get it ricocheted around the country.” He tells The Hill, “You shouldn’t play patty-cake with politicians to gain access.” Daily Caller contributor Matt Lewis invokes Mike Wallace in saying “there’s a fine journalistic tradition” of ambush interviews. || Earlier: Mattera says, “When the Left uses these tactics, it’s heralded as holding power accountable and the brave pursuit of the truth.”
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