I think you would be surprised how matey they are. Campbell has made them more so with his laddish language. It's a competitive environment but equally cozy for the insiders. In the back of their mind, Lobby journalists are always trying to prove to themselves they haven't been co-opted by the system. Toughness and rudeness is allied to the pack instinct in reporters.
Few reporters hunt alone.
Perhaps the analogy is apt. Weaker than their prey sometimes, wolves use complex social structures to topple more powerful beasts without getting hurt individually. It now seemed the right moment to ask an American in London what he thought. Warren Hoge has been an enthusiastic supporter of the British bulldog interviewing tradition and even wrote about it in January 1997. In D.C., especially, the national media figures to some extent have been corrupted by proximity and closeness.