Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
 Originally Posted By: the G-man fucker of children
 Originally Posted By: MEM
Still wondering what basams based his 2 reporters stat on?


Associated Press: Senate, House Democratic health bills compared By ERICA WERNER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR (AP)

Two reporters listed. Unlike the eleven listed on the Palin "fact check".

In addition, please note the following (under "Accountability Journalism") from the Wall St. Journal: On a per-page basis, that is, the AP devoted 52 times as much manpower to the memoir of a former Republican officeholder as to a piece of legislation that will cost trillions of dollars and an untold number of lives. That's what they call accountability journalism.
  • Number of AP reporters assigned to story:
    • ObamaCare bills: 2
    • Palin book: 11

    Number of pages in document being covered:
    • ObamaCare bills: 4,064
    • Palin book: 432

    Number of pages per AP reporter:
    • ObamaCare bill: 2,032
    • Palin book: 39.3


Seems pretty clear to me...and anyone else not getting all their thinking from Media Matters.


So it's comparing two stories but the AP has done and will do more reporting on the health care reform with more than just the two reporters listed on the one that you and basams seem to think is the only article by the AP on the bills.


So the press is supposed to cover legislation more extensively after a major vote and not before?

If you really feel that way you have some weird priorities, Zick

Furthermore, neither you (Nambla Zick) or the AP can predict with certainty when a bill will pass. With that in mind, the idea that a chatty tell-all book about last year's campaign is a priority over major legislation becomes even more nonsensical.

Finally, a search of the past seven days of the AP's archive shows 51 additional stories that mention Palin. So, clearly, the AP isn't done covering her either. This further weakens your argument.