Huffington Magazine Issue 41 | Page 73

CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES BEYOND HOOKERS, HAMAS AND HAGEL Carney said he never shared “the view that Obama was waging war on business and lobbyists.” For that reason, he’s aggressively covered lobbying and influence during the Obama years. “Increasingly, conservatives are realizing that Obama’s willingness to play special interest politics in big business is a line of attack, and Solyndra isn’t the only case of crony capitalism that’s ever occurred,” he said. Carney singled out New York Times reporter Nick Confessore — who recently reported on an arrangement with the group HUFFINGTON 03.24.13 Organizing For America that allows individuals giving or raising $500,000 to attend meetings with the president — for doing good work covering money, politics and special interests. More conservative and mainstream media reporters, he argued, need to dig into the topic. Costa interned in conservative media (The Wall Street Journal editorial page) and establishment media outlets (PBS’s Charlie Rose show and ABC News’ This Week with George Stephanopoulos). He joined The National Review straight after finishing graduate school at the University of Cambridge, and worked as a magazine Jonah Goldberg, a National Review Online contributing editor.