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Topic: Letters Sent to Romenesko
Date/Time: 2/28/2008 12:53:01 PM
Title: What were the editors thinking?
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
From JAY ROSEN: Romenesko readers, help me out here:

The New York Times trying to "vet" Obama. (On youthful drug use.)

The New York Times trying to "vet" Hillary Clinton. (On the state of her marriage.)

The New York Times trying to "vet" John McCain. (On cozy ties with lobbyists.)

Each story went weirdly wrong. Each story left people scratching their heads: what were the editors thinking? Each was part of the "vetting" ritual in which the press imagines itself asking the hard questions of candidates who would be president. Each has a touch of the bizarre to it.

My question to you: what is going on here? Anything in common among the cases? [Permalink]


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