http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2012/01/03/presidential-campaigns-sports-writing-and-the-fine-art-of-pretending/ Tue, 21 May 2013 04:28:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2012/01/03/presidential-campaigns-sports-writing-and-the-fine-art-of-pretending/#comment-607 CivilDiscourse Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:53:29 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/?p=464#comment-607 Imagine a news source that would occasionally say, "Today is a really slow news day so we have assigned all of our staff to work on stories that may be presented tomorrow or later. For now, we have the following music selections for you...." I would tune in every day. Imagine a news source that would occasionally say, “Today is a really slow news day so we have assigned all of our staff to work on stories that may be presented tomorrow or later. For now, we have the following music selections for you….”
I would tune in every day.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2012/01/03/presidential-campaigns-sports-writing-and-the-fine-art-of-pretending/#comment-600 MIKEROL Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:12:59 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/?p=464#comment-600 The amount of money spent - by the candidates, the hucksters that back them, and the news organisations - which must total what? 100 million dollars???! - on an entirely irrelevant event such as the caucus among the Iowa Taliban, what if it were used to feed those who have to try to starve on one dollar a day? The amount of money spent – by the candidates, the hucksters that back them, and the news organisations – which must total what? 100 million dollars???! – on an entirely irrelevant event such as the caucus among the Iowa Taliban, what if it were used to feed those who have to try to starve on one dollar a day?

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