Romenesko

Wall Street Journal
That's Kimberley Strassel's claim. Eliot Spitzer "played the media like a Stradivarius," she writes. "He knew what sort of storyline they'd be sympathetic to, and spun it. He knew, too, that as financial journalism has become more competitive, breaking news can make a career. He doled out scoops to favored reporters, who repaid him with allegiance. News organizations that dared to criticize him were cut off. After a time, few criticized anymore."