The Underground’s Short Casts for 2008-09-29

by Tom Chandler on September 29, 2008

  • The Wonderdog’s a tired puppy (me too). Another excursion to a backcountry lake. Report tomorrow. #
  • New Washington Post article on Palin & the Pending Pebble Mine Disaster: http://tinyurl.com/46nxgo #

Powered by Twitter Tools.

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Shannon 09.30.08 at 9:25 am

Do you think the Washington Post has a slant? I mean, look at the photo of McCain looking like he is asleep - the gatekeepers are at work. By saying Palin “held back”, is that like voting “present”? I don’t have a dog in this pony show, so don’t misunderestimate my lack of interest. shannon

2 Tom Chandler 09.30.08 at 7:38 pm

Shannon: Slant?

I’m not convinced. I don’t think “held back” is a significant statement outside of setting the stage for her “coming out” against Ballot Measure 4. What is significant was the fact she apparently violated the law against advocating (for or against) ballot measures.

That she did it isn’t the question. The question is “should she have?”

As someone who wanted to see the measure pass, my slant is that she shouldn’t have. Reporting that she did something she probably shouldn’t have doesn’t qualify as bias - it qualifies as reporting.

Leave a Comment

You can use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>