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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I'm sure that was part of his goal. But if I were a reporter MY goal would be to see McCain the man and see what kind of man he was, and that isn't something you get from a reportable event for the most part. I mean would I report 'McCain passed me the ribs and asked if I wanted hot sauce'?
I understand your view on this, but my opinion of the press is so low that I think this kind of activity could help elevate it a bit if they really knew the people they report on.
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Read a little on the career of REAL newspaper reporter Don Bolles, and post whether Don was handicapped by not "seeing the man and what kind of a man he was", when he was developing a story about a public figure. Bolles operated as a private investigator, in the way he assembled his information. Laborious public records checks, developing a rolodex of informer's phone numbers....he interviewed the AZ State Hwy Patrol Superintendent once, and sat on the other side of the man's desk, holding a folder that he would open and glance into, from time to time, as he asked his probing questions. The official grew more intimidated as Bolles checked his folder, and reportedly would not dare to say anything misleading. Bolles later revealed that the folder he kept checking was empty.
You find nothing except puff piece bullshit if you cozy up to a subject who you are trying to report about.