President Barack Obama traveled to Chicago Monday for a major speech on health care, but most of the reporters who cover him every day stayed in Washington and watched it all on TV.
For media observers, it felt like a milestone moment: While reporters sometimes skip short fundraising-only trips or journeys in the waning days of a presidency, it’s hard to remember a time when a president, in the prime of his presidency, traveled outside Washington for a major policy address just to have the press stay home.
The reason for the change is simple: money.
With news organizations pinching pennies and shuttering bureaus, it’s no longer an easy to call to send reporters on a trip they might be able to cover as well from Washington.
Reporting about a major policy speech by watching it on TV? I thought they called that blogging.
(via adamisacson)
Dumb dumb dumb media. Never pass up a chance to expense a Chicago Dog.
Crash with a college friend and show up with a Crave Case from White Castle. Problem solved.
