March 6, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
“I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do; and for the people who like country music, denigrate means “put down”.”
—Bob Newhart via Definr Word of the Day
Oh, poor reporters :(
From Slate’s Today’s Papers:
Campaign workers may be exhausted from all the campaigning, but so are the journalists who have to follow them around, notes the WP’s Howard Kurtz. Although the media are often accused of trying to prolong the horse race, some reporters just want it to end. “This is a really strange phenomenon in that you’re seeing people who can’t wait for it to be over,” says Time’s Ana Marie Cox. “There’s only so many stories you can write, and we’re running out of them.”
Here’s an idea. How ‘bout they stop “follow[ing] them around” and “writing stories” and just tell us what’s news?