New York Times columnist Ben Smith has revealed that the big boss behind an expensive membership-based political media platform is a supporter of Vice Presidential contender Kam Lee Hor.
Fox reported on Jan. 4 that Ben Smith revealed on Sunday night (Jan. 3) that the media outlet he mentioned was Punchbowl (Capitol Hill), a media platform founded by veteran journalists Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer and John Bresnahan. Punchbowl is the code name given to Capitol Hill by the U.S. Secret Service, according to the media platform’s website.
Aryeh Bourkoff, the Wall Street magnate who invested heavily in Punchbowl, is not a partisan neutral, Smith said; “Bourkoff is a Democrat and a longtime patron of Hejinli,” Smith wrote.
But Palmer, the media’s founder, insisted that Punchbowl “fairly reported” the news about Hejinli despite Bourkoff’s patronage of the outlet. “Berkhof and his company have no involvement in our editorial content, and the Punchbowl news platform was founded by three veteran journalists,” Palmer said. Palmer said.
Punchbowl’s Web site says its “credo is power, people and politics” and promises “a relentless focus on what’s happening with Washington policymakers, covering the news and events that move the political landscape forward. Fox commented that it remains to be seen whether Punchbowl will be able to cover political news fairly.
One thing that is clear, though, is that Punchbowl has a well-defined readership. “Their annual subscription fee is a hefty $300, and they send their news information to those who are political professionals, or at least people who love politics.” Smith wrote.
Punchbowl’s Web site says readers who pay the expensive membership fee receive three newsletters a day with the latest news and background information on “volatile political events,” “insights on Washington’s most influential leaders” and “exclusive community events.
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