Boston Globe political columnist Scott Lehigh writes a deeply sarcastic column today criticizing the media managers of Wednesday’s Democratic debate, Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos of ABC TV news for focusing their questions on non-issues and trivia. Lehigh is so peeved he concludes:
…no doubt that's why I'm not a network anchor or even a chief Washington correspondent. After all these years of covering politics, I still don't have any idea what's really important.
I’ll tell you what's important, Scott. The critical issue in 2008 is the hiring practice of Mitt Romney’s groundskeeper. At least your own Boston Globe colleagues thought so when they put that trivial non-story on the Globe’s front page.
Scott, rather than dump on ABC, clean up the Globe's act. If you want to see regular examples of the media alienating their customers through arrogant decisions to focus on non-issues and trivia, there's no need to turn on the boob tube. Read your own rag.
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