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TMZ launches DC bureau, tracks down Graham, Cruz on first day
TMZ says its three-person team will spotlight lawmakers and the shutdown’s impact on unpaid federal workers.
- On Monday, TMZ announced the launch of TMZDC in Washington, stationing three producers to cover Congress during the partial DHS shutdown.
- Since the DHS partial shutdown began February 14, founder Harvey Levin said the outlet aims to juxtapose lawmakers' vacations against federal workers' financial struggles.
- Led by producers Jakson Buhaj, Jacob Wasserman, and Charlie Cotton, the team works The Hill, leveraging TMZ's reach of 47 million monthly visitors.
- Levin plans to expand the Washington presence into a full-time team, asserting that 535 members of Congress "are going to scurry away from reporters.
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TMZ launches DC bureau, tracks down Graham, Cruz on first day
TMZ, the tabloid known for its sensational headlines and dirt-digging on Hollywood celebrities and other famous people, is opening up shop in Washington, D.C., with an eye on covering Congress. Producers for the website arrived on Capitol Hill this week as Congress returned from a two-week recess, and confronted Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and…
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