I think most career journalists know that 'DMs are open' is the journalism equivalent of self-publishing your book on Amazon. I mean, if you can't text Giuliani on deep background you might as well be a blogger. The 4th Estate has long since become an ADU in the back yard.
This one delighted me (source): We've found a horcrux, everyone! This looks like the first subject where communication from the top completely stops. White House spokespeople are apparently on their own. For posterity: We have switched Judds, and this Judd will receive no attaboys. I hadn't thought about how the NYT is no doubt strategically dumping all this in the hours leading up to the first debate, thanks for pointing that out, Judd #2.In response to a request for comment [on NYT's coverage of Trump's tax records], a White House spokesman, Judd Deere, did not dispute any specific facts. Instead, he delivered a broad attack, calling the article “fake news” and “yet another politically motivated hit piece full of inaccurate smears” appearing “before a presidential debate.”