"Earthshaking news" from the D.C. bureau
We're not the only ones unimpressed with output from the Chronicle's D.C. bureau.
Houblog comments on a story by Bennett Roth in today's edition:
The Chronicle breathlessly informs us that the Abramoff investigation “could spell more trouble” for DeLay’s aides… but not because the Justice Department has added to their indictments. Oh wait, the Justice Department doesn’t have any indictments against DeLay or his aides, does it? That’s just Ronnie Earle and his blue-light specials from “Grand J-Mart.” Come to think of it, the JD hasn’t said anything about indicting DeLay’s aides. Or even said that they’d found evidence indicating that Abramoff was linked to DeLay’s aides via unethical activities. No, the Chronicle has devoted valuable front-page space to have a staff writer tell us that the dastardly Abramoff knew the aides to the House Majority Leader, and in fact, “cultivated relationships” with them!
Um. Wait. Let me see if I have this correct… the Chronicle felt that I needed to be told that an influential and highly-connected lobbyist (a career in which your value depends on how many VIP rolodexes your name appears in) spent years and money as he “cultivated relationships” with the most powerful politician in the House. And that this “could mean” bad news to DeLay’s aides.
How exciting. Stop the presses. This is truly earthshaking news.
Thermonuclear fusion “could mean” that the sun is hot, but I don’t waste time thinking about it. On the other hand, if I wanted to caution a child about getting a sunburn, I might point out that even 93 million miles isn’t a wholly safe distance to be from a nuclear furnace. So, why did the Chronicle expend valuable space to point out the obvious? Where, exactly, is the “new” in this “news?”
The full post is here.
We continue to wonder what purpose is served by the Chronicle's D.C. bureau. It can't be cheap to maintain.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/04/06 10:01 PM | Houston Chronicle | Print | Comments (0)
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