Laments over the plight of those newspapers are a dime-a-dozen; The Denver Post, like many others, has shifted its resources away from national politics. But even in a straitened era, these publications are important news sources, and there are opportunities for them to deliver creative, valuable coverage to their readers. In this case, the Post made the most of such of an opportunity.
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You missed it. The reason most outlets didn't bother to delve into the "who are the 47%" waters is that the implication that all these people are dependent on the government is absurd on its face. It certainly is instructive to elaborate on who these people are and how they got that way. However, it doesn't obscure the logical, evidence based conclusion that Romney was either pandering to a hopelessly out of touch - and bitter, frustrated, and self-entitled feeling - audience, or was so out of touch himself to confuse "not pay federal income tax" with "dependant on the government".
It's equivalent to saying that it's necessary to refute someone who says the moon is made of green chesse by printing a complete geological survey. Even the courts can accept a concept that' s "obvious on it's face", to quote the legal translation.
#1 Posted by mediaman13, CJR on Fri 5 Oct 2012 at 11:03 AM