The Note
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- For the album by Bane, see The Note (album)
- For the Chicago music venue, see The Note
- For the Seinfeld episode, see The Note (Seinfeld episode)
Begun as an internal staff e-mail, it was first published on January 14, 2002 and quickly became a must-read daily compendium of political news and analysis for the chattering classes. The Note is edited by ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin.
Washington Post correspondent Dana Milbank told The Washingtonian, "It's the arbiter of who is on the cutting edge." The New York Times' Adam Nagourney told the New York Sun The Note has a "certain intelligence to it," noting that "it’s often ahead of the news" and "sets out concepts for stories and ways to look at the world."
As of 2006, its online podcast counterpart, AfterNote was frequently hosted by ABC News field producer Teddy Davis.
The Note has been criticized for favoring Republicans. Eric Boehlert writes that "it never crosses over into actually being edgy. In fact, The Note doesn't mock conventional wisdom so much as idolize it." and says it "is enamored of GOP talking points". [1]
[edit] Jargon
The Note often employs jargon that may be incomprehensible to outsiders. Examples of this jargon include:
