Monday, October 11, 2010

Joe Klein: Road Trip. My diagonal cross-country drive begins, in search of the news beyond the sound bites.

Ok I’m not going to pretend to understand politics in this blog entry, I’m just going to recap the article I read.  The article starts out by talking about candidate Bryan Lentz who is running for congress.  The article goes on to discuss journalist Joe Klein’s cross-country trip to find out what people really know about the problems this country is facing. 
I enjoyed the tone Joe Klein used in this article.  He did not put himself above the general public and he did not make himself out to be more educated.  The journalist stated that he is traveling across the United States to find out for himself what the people know.  He is not about to take the word of the media as his own.  I can appreciate that philosophy because I have never been one to completely believe the media.  People today are never given the complete picture when it comes to the news. 

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