Findlay, Ohio, not happy with Eli Saslow

Each has their own strengths. Both are exceptional. There is really no debating this. Pray we have more people like them join the business, not less.

 

With all the assholes in Washington D.C., why did Saslow have to fly all the way to Findlay to go looking for some?

 

Agreed - the writer could have found a place in the WaPo's circulation area. But I thought Saslow did a good job of nailing down real people and a real town to synthesize the Obama rumors story.
So it came at Findlay's expense, so what. Journalists are always looking for quotes and facts that support their nut graph, not to disprove it.

 

Nut graph or not, why not do this in your own coverage area? Why fly to Ohio and play off stereotypes of Midwesterners? There's plenty of small town areas in Virginia. I think it's pretty chickenshit to me and it looks like the Post didn't want to deal with potential heat.

 

He could have gone to Waldorf, Prince Frederick, Lexington Park, Boonesboro or Hagerstown in Maryland, or Colonial Beach, Blacksburg, Wytheville or Petersburg, Va. and found the same attitudes.

But I think one thing is clear: Obama's people have to figure out some way to dispell the rumors. Funny how it's the Post which somehow keeps them going.

 

Maybe because they consider themselves to be more than just a regional paper.

 

Two reasons:

1. Ohio is a swing state
2. Findlay calls itself "Flag City, U.S.A."

 

You're right, the Washington Post is scared. Whatever.

 

I just figured it was because Ohio was the decisive state in the last presidential election.

 

Sometimes I read this board, and I wonder if people are in the same profession as I am.

Seriously.