Sunday, January 14, 2024

Help My Profession Is Dying

I wasn't really joking about this - Dave Weigel has been posting pictures of events where reporters outnumber normal people. Dave's one of the tiny number of political reporters who actually does talk to voters - even listens to them! - and doesn't have the memory of a goldfish, but most of his colleagues just go to hang out with each other and get some quotes to slot into their prewrites.