Bean Counters Dictate News Coverage - May Have Better News Judgment
Newspapers will cut staff covering the political conventions by 20%. This decision wasn’t made in the newsroom, it was made by the bean counters.
I think they got it right. Convention coverage is so highly orchestrated and geared toward television, that staffing could probably be cut by 50% and nobody would notice the difference.
Seems the press is being forced to figure out what the public has long known: Obamamania or not, few made-for-media events are as predictable as the overscripted circus of modern American political conventions. Faced with tough budget decisions, newspapers are making a smart move by trimming back on coverage readers can likely do without.
I’m really not looking forward to all the newsprint that will be used to give the politicos and pundits a soapbox.
Let the AP cover the conventions. Nobody cares about the “local angle” at a political convention. I don’t ever recall saying this before, “hooray for the beancounters.”