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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (17792)7/8/2001 5:41:33 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
I don't think this is too startling and I don't think it indicates a leftward shift.

Will you forget about the *%^&$ alleged leftward shift? <g> My interest in the statistics is the hope that Republicans might come around to being less cavalier towards us secular types. To me it's important that the numbers be large enough that the GOP at least pretends to accept us as more than second class citizens.

I don't know that seculars are any more left or right than anyone else. Perhaps what the strategists are interpreting as leaning left is the concern that seculars have for the religious right's grip on the GOP.

but he's clearly trying to hammer home what Castellanos and Bond are saying.

I just can't see what makes you think that. To me it just looks like he's reporting what these operatives are thinking about. He, you, and I are all surprised that GOP operatives might be thinking like that. That makes it news. He lead with the Republican concerns and gave them more space in the article. That could indicate bias. My interpretation, though, is that the emphasis reflects that these reports from GOP operatives are the new news in the story and the rest just rounds it out. That the Dems are concerned about growth in the "red" states is old news and just there for perspective. One naturally gives more attention to the new news and less attention to the filler.

He set the tone with his first sentence

I'm always very sensitive to tone. I spent a good chunk of my career fussing over tone. To me, that first sentence looks to me like a simple statement of the news. Who, what, when, where, why, to what extent. Journalism 101. How would you have phrased that sentence to "correct" the tone?

Karen
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