Writing for her magazine, Olivia Nuzzi imagines my publication as part of a conservative cabal conspiring to dictate the hiring and firing of White House personnel. Nuzzi has been led to believe my colleagues are all mercenary journalists secretly recruited to ensure Mercedes Schlapp succeeds Hope Hicks.

Not to stunt her creativity, but as far as I can tell, my colleagues aren’t part of a coordinated shadow campaign to determine who becomes the next White House communications director with insidious reporting and strategically published color commentary.