Mitt Romney's big fat Greek yogurt
By Oliver Burkeman
'Pool' coverage of the Republican candidate's every move just started … and the prospective president went grocery shopping
At the Columbia Journalism Review, Brendan Nyhan seems to place the blame largely on the media: by fixating on Romney's gaffes, he argues, they trigger further opacity from the campaign, then risk "letting their grievances fuel pathological coverage" by finding more gaffes, and so on, in a vicious cycle. True – but precisely because it's so circular, the blame should surely be spread more equally. When you have no real access to a candidate, gaffes – moments when the strictly controlled image-making falters – are all you've got left.
Oh, and reports about visits to hardware stores.
And there's only three more whole months of it left …
Wonderful.
Read it at The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/oliver-burkemans-blog/2012/aug/07/mitt-romney-big-fat-greek-yogurt
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