It is, in short, humdrum and wholly unimaginative work. The job itself is sometimes called a hack job, hack as in hacking away in the manner of someone carelessly cutting wood, cutting it aimlessly, irregularly, inexpertly.
Why does anyone want to do this kind of work, you ask?
Well, it pays.
And for your information, there are always people who take on that kind of a job. After all, one works for hire.
Besides, somebody has to do it, as they say.
Well, that's it. The journalistic hack is someone who works for hire, rather than interest or for any other objective.
The political hack, in comparison, does things in similar fashion. This is someone who is a piece of machine, a tool for the party of which he is a member.
A piece of machine, a tool of the political apparatus rather than, say, a public-minded, inspiring statesman.
Unlike the latter, which is a positive term to describe any politician, "political hack" reeks of all sorts of derogative connotations.
That's the only point I want to make. Now, let's read some media examples to get a fuller idea of who political hacks are, or are not:
1. President Donald Trump should let Special Counsel Robert Mueller finish his investigation into Russia's engagement with the Trump campaign. Truncating Mueller's work at this point gives Democrats a powerful corruption narrative heading into the 2018 midterms.
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