WaPo writer complains about turnout; does not look in mirror

Boy this one rates as dumb. Today's Maryland Moment (WaPo blog on MD politics) has writer Ann Marimow with a headline of How Low Can They Go in MoCo that highlights the 8% turnout in yesterday's election.


Ms. Marimow mentions that the turnout was around 8%, true. But my question is how can a reporter for WaPo point a finger at the low turnout when her paper did next to nothing to promote the race. Too busy letting us know what is going on in Iraq and on the Presidential campaign trail but consistently fails to cover local events.

Another Round of Being Punked by the Post
I mentioned this during the primary race between Al Wynn and Donna Edwards. There they have the most important test of mainstream Democrats and left Democrats as any race in the country and we got third rate coverage.

This time the race to replace Marilyn Praisner was decidedly smaller than the Wynn-Edwards race and the coverage reflected that. But the real complaint is the WaPo did next to nothing to cover the special election (the time between the primary and yesterday) and much of anything. I never saw an editorial from them. The Gazette had an editorial and it was less than three column inches buried in the lower right hand corner of the editorial page.

The WaPo was even worse. Tuesday's paper had a mention of the race in the Metro section on page 2 in the upper right hand side. It was not the lead story. Total length was two paragraphs.

So for Ms. Marimow to put a headline on her blog about how low the turnout can go in MoCo when her paper did next to nothing in covering the race I have to laugh. Then I wrote a blog piece how stupid the Maryland Moment blog post she wrote is.

Next time look in the mirror WaPo. I think we have be in Iraq or someplace in Europe for the Post to care about us.