What Liberal Reporters Used to Do
Lefties are struggling with the concept of a libertarian doing a good deed (in this case, Radley Balko's great journalism leading to the release of Cory Maye.
Here is the real problem for the Left: This is exactly the kind of story -- a black man railroaded into jail in Mississippi -- that leftish reporters used to pursue, before they shifted their attention to sorting through Sarah Palin's emails. A lot of investigative journalism has gone by the wayside -- in Phoenix, it has really been left to independent Phoenix New Times to do real investigative journalism on folks like Joe Arpiao, as our main paper the Arizona Republic has largely fled the field.
Dr. T:
I've been reading for years about how the Internet Age is killing newspapers, and how awful that is. Given the sloppy reporting; left-wing bias; and excessive coverage of sports, celebrities, fashion, food, and fads, I hope that newspaper deaths come quickly.
July 5, 2011, 3:43 pm