Monday, February 18, 2008

Media campaign coverage

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Carolyn Barta Drops Ball

Carolyn Barta of Dallas Blog whines that the media has dropped the ball on Barack Obama's campaign for the Democratic nomination for President. Why? Because they haven't "drag[ged] him through whatever mud they can find." Carolyn Barta is now counting on the Republicans to do that.

Hello!?! Isn't Ms Barta a member of the press? Hasn't she been filing campaign stories for Dallas Blog for weeks now? Why isn't she doing any of the investigative journalism she now condemns the rest of the press for not doing? Sitting back and whining that the press isn't examining his voting record or publishing an in-depth profile is a lazy form of journalism. She's a professional journalist. If that's what she wants, she ought to do the story herself. Maybe win a Pulitzer Prize in the process.

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