This is the perfect, repeat perfect, example of the failure of the new journalism to protect the public interest. The media in general should be all over this story like a bulldog on raw meat. There are obviously conflicting points of view, the potential for coverup is obvious, there is damage to an individual’s reputation, and the trail leads right into the Oval Office. The story reeks of cronyism, corruption and malfeasance. However, the media is involved in a cover-up of its own to protect its political protege. And the worst offender is the McClatchy newspaper chain whose flagship is located in Sacramento.
Try doing a search in AP news about this. I will in a minute.
I think it was Bob Scheiffer who said that it doesn’t matter if the mainstream media is biased because there are so many other sources of news these days.
An acknowledgement that the msm has become advocacy journalism and he’s just fine with that..
“The media in general should be all over this story like a bulldog on raw meat.”
Should be, and COULD be. After all, in the twinkling of an eye they post every word of those sordid Sanford emails while their female news readers pitch hissy fits over Sanford’s stunt. Oh yeah, they’re REAL efficient when they WANT to be. I wanted to slap whichever CNN newsreader flipped her wig castigating Sanford when much BIGGER stories that are actually harmful to the entire country go ignored.
The Sacramento Bee (McCaltchy) seemed to cover Johnson and St. HOPE Academy with glee. As to the continuing fallout (Walpin's disagreement with the settlement, burying the corruption via firing Walpin) I haven't seen much at all.