tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post113910918951012647..comments2024-01-05T22:20:39.218-06:00Comments on CHATTER: ROY BLUNT: THE MEDIA DID ME INRon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12099772730874178834noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1139372631701388182006-02-07T22:23:00.000-06:002006-02-07T22:23:00.000-06:00Anon:What I wrote -- "no day-before coverage" -- d...Anon:<BR/><BR/>What I wrote -- "no day-before coverage" -- didn't fully convey my complaint, which is that the newspaper didn't locally advance a national story involving an Ozarks politician. You're right to point out the shortcomings of my shorthand.<BR/><BR/>You say that "maybe it's a good thing" the N-L didn't get the "insider scoop" on the Blunt vote count. It's not a matter of being cozy with a pol. It's never a good thing when the biggest newsroom in town doesn't own the Blunt story.Ron Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099772730874178834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1139371653921055562006-02-07T22:07:00.000-06:002006-02-07T22:07:00.000-06:00Doclarry,OK, you're right that they basically ran ...Doclarry,<BR/><BR/>OK, you're right that they basically ran wire reports. But Ron said they didn't cover it at all: "...there was no day-before coverage of the Thursday vote..." He made no differentiation between local coverage and wire coverage. That's all I was saying. And maybe it's a good thing that the News Leader isn't so cozy with Roy that they can get the insider scoop on his vote count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1139279912850557382006-02-06T20:38:00.000-06:002006-02-06T20:38:00.000-06:00News-Leader going down again. Blunt was from here,...News-Leader going down again. Blunt was from here, nothing interesting or in depth. "The Note" was following with daily updates for two weeks prior from Blunts aids. Where was the News Leader? Looking for real people with real news, and missing the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1139233754847077522006-02-06T07:49:00.000-06:002006-02-06T07:49:00.000-06:00Anon: The paper "covered it fine" before the vote?...Anon: The paper "covered it fine" before the vote? You don't expect much from your local newspaper.Ron Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099772730874178834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1139217209738485962006-02-06T03:13:00.000-06:002006-02-06T03:13:00.000-06:00Anon: Except for the Leger column, those are all w...Anon: Except for the Leger column, those are all wire service reports. The News and Leader should have owned that story with their own reporters. Instead, the reprinted wire service reports. Hell, even their day after story was largely wire service.<BR/><BR/>I'd argue Ron is dead-on accurate in his reporting. "Incredibly, there was no day-before coverage of the Thursday vote. . . ." Where was the local coverage? The Missouri coverage? That is his point. Of the local media, only KY3 actually had a reporter in DC to report on the story. For gosh sakes, Blunt is from here! The best the local paper can do is print wire copy? They couldn't have assigned a reporter to localize a story that is so easily localized?<BR/><BR/>The exact same article the local rag printed could be found in newspapers in North Carolina (http://dwb.newsobserver.com/24hour/politics/story/3127634p-11832574c.html), and San Diego (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20060201-1444-nervousrepublicans.html), two cite but two examples of stories you noted.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't you like to have known what Blunt's son thought about the situation pre-vote? How confident Blunt's backers were that he had the vote wrapped up, as he'd been claiming? What impact his ties to DeLay and Abramoff might have on the vote? What a win or a loss might mean to southwest Missouri? Or did any of it really matter?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1139203063781770982006-02-05T23:17:00.000-06:002006-02-05T23:17:00.000-06:00Ron says: "Incredibly, there was no day-before cov...Ron says: "Incredibly, there was no day-before coverage of the Thursday vote..."<BR/><BR/>Really? Must not be reading the same paper as me. I saw them in my paper, and I was able to find the same articles at news-leader.com. I count at least three from the day before and the day of:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Feb. 2: Blunt loses in narrow vote for House majority leader<BR/><BR/>http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200660202007<BR/><BR/><BR/>Feb. 2: Nervous House Republicans to vote on leader<BR/><BR/>http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602020350<BR/><BR/><BR/>Feb. 1: Rep. Blunt urged to step down as whip<BR/><BR/>http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006602010321<BR/><BR/><BR/>Plus I found this Robert Leger column too:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jan. 15: Ozarks' future tied to Blunt's quest<BR/><BR/>http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006601150316<BR/><BR/><BR/>Your critique of their spin the next day is good but I think they covered it fine beforehand. Accuracy is everything, Ron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com