NYT's Jill Abramson: Horse-race media trivializes politics

New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson says she worries about the trivialization of politics by publications like Politico, but offered no defense when asked about the Times' own coverage of the political horse race. Speaking with The New Yorker’s Ken Auletta at The New Yorker Festival, Abramson said the incessant coverage of politics as sport threatened a larger understanding of how politics actually affects people.