“Liz Cheney takes on McCarthy, Johnson and the GOP in her new book obtained by CNN, condemning her former colleagues and party leaders as ‘enablers and collaborators’ of Trump,” announced Herb. “Lots of new behind-the-scenes details.”

Greenwald suggested that Cheney, a frequent guest of CNN since becoming a media darling through her rabid opposition to former President Donald Trump, likely just gave them the book to read in advance.

“Congrats on this unbelievable, groundbreaking scoop and the dangers and risks you had to face to obtain it,” he quipped.

Added Greenwald, “He thinks he’s going to win a Pulitzer, or become some brave journalistic icon, for agreeing to do PR work for Liz Cheney and her publisher.”

[Well, there’s a lot of that in journalism and book publishing. CNN’s hardly the only outlet guilty of abusing the term “exclusive,” especially in terms of book PR. My definition of a media exclusive is: No other reporter was in the room with me when I interviewed this person. I’ve actually had one true exclusive — the Adscam testimony in 2005 — but I’ve also used the media definition of it a few times. It’s pretty lame to do that with a book that’s about to be published, though. Why not use the phrase “sneak peek” instead? It even sounds more salacious! — Ed]