Kill the negative story about Hill or you don't get the promised story about Bill.

Early this summer, Sen. Hillary Rodham ClintonÂ’s campaign for president learned that the menÂ’s magazine GQ was working on a story the campaign was sure to hate: an account of infighting in Hillaryland.

So ClintonÂ’s aides pulled a page from the book of Hollywood publicists and offered GQ a stark choice: Kill the piece, or lose access to planned celebrity coverboy Bill Clinton.

Despite internal protests, GQ editor Jim Nelson met the Clinton campaignÂ’s demands, which had been delivered by Bill ClintonÂ’s spokesman, Jay Carson, several sources familiar with the conversations said.

GQ writer George Saunders traveled with Clinton to Africa in July, and Clinton is slated to appear on the cover of GQ’s December issue, in which it traditionally names a “Man of the Year,” according magazine industry sources.

A couple of thoughts here.

1) Why would any media outlet be making Bill Clinton its cover boy in 2007 -- especially its man of the year?

2) What does this say about the Clinton machine's media manipulation strategy?

3) Would the media put up such manipulation from any Republican?

H/T Captain's Quarters, Stop the ACLU

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