Wednesday, August 27, 2008

15,000 journalists at Denver

According to Justin Peters writing at CJR there are 15,000 journalists covering the Democrats convention in Denver.However

7,500 aren’t doing much at all. Only a small number of reporters actually have a reason to be here. The rest are conventioneering—seeing old friends, eating Democratic-themed menu items (“Barack Obama’s Turkey Chili”) in pandering local restaurants, brandishing their press passes at all comers, looking for free things, and spending about 14 percent of their time trying to rustle up enough stories to justify their presence to their editors.


Furthermore

These reporters are the ones mostly writing about themselves, or their friends, or their experiences exploring Denver with their friends


Do I detect sour grapes here.But if you want a laugh have a read of the full piece,and remember it's not long until our own parties get the conference season going

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