Holy Fuckballs!

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http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4...e-to-trump

Note: To the average or even above-average reader outside the Washington-New York bubble, the Times refers to the op-ed as being written by a "senior administration official," which sounds like a cabinet member, or at least someone who interacts with the president on a daily basis. Pretty serious stuff from a high place, right? 

Yet, as everyone from former Hillary Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri to the Washington Post's David Nakamura to Fox News's Brit Hume point out in rare bipartisan fashion, "senior administration official" could apply to hundreds and even more than 1,000 people. 
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So here's the question: Should the Times have narrowed down the actual governmental level of the writer in a way that at least tells the reader if this person was indeed as close to the president as they portray, unintentionally or otherwise? That doesn't, of course, mean giving away obvious clues that would reveal identify. But, as the Post's Nakamura asks, does this person actually work in the White House? The National Security Council? A federal agency? On domestic or foreign affairs? 

As the Post's Dana Milbank pointed out years ago: "The only people who can’t be senior administration officials are the interns." 

Narrowing down the writer's role in the administration to at least a place or department is a fair ask of the Times, which clearly reaps benefits from the ambiguity of "senior administration official." But such ambiguity leads to the kind of dangerous speculation so many see from some quarters of the media on a daily basis, which only leads to increased cynicism about the institution.

The TIMES owes that Orange Fuckball exactly nothing.  The whole point of writing - and having the Times print the letter - is to drive der Turdfuhrer deeper into the abyss.  Fuck him and all the stupid motherfuckers who voted for him.