Politico & Axios Might as Well Be Run by the DNC

In a market positively saturated with fawning and propagandistic coverage of the Harris campaign, two Virginia-based newsrooms stand out for their commitment to that mission.

Politico and Axios, which share founding members, also share first prize in producing election coverage that reads more like Democratic National Committee press releases. In this area, they have no serious competition. The combined coverage is consistently sycophantic, lowbrow, and gossipy — far worse than any other political coverage produced by newsrooms in the nation’s capital, including the Washington Post.

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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In a market positively saturated with fawning and propagandistic coverage of the Harris campaign, two Virginia-based newsrooms stand out for their commitment to that mission.

Politico and Axios, which share founding members, also share first prize in producing election coverage that reads more like Democratic National Committee press releases. In this area, they have no serious competition. The combined coverage is consistently sycophantic, lowbrow, and gossipy — far worse than any other political coverage produced by newsrooms in the nation’s capital, including the Washington Post.