And they don't vote....
1. MAUREEN DOWD, FELLOW JOURNALISTS DON'T VOTE
OFTEN
Recently, Washingtonian magazine did a study of major political journalists
and their voting habits.
Looking over the 10 to 12 previous elections, the magazine found that some
major political pundits didn't bother to show up to exercise their right to
vote.
The failure to vote is ironic, considering the pundits didn't participate in the very area they cover
professionally – that is, politics.
Unbelievably, Maureen Dowd, columnist for the New York Times, who regularly calls
President Bush a "boy," had the worst voting record of any major media personality.
The girl voted a paltry 25 percent of the time, missing nine of 12 elections in Washington,
D.C., where is she is registered as a Democrat. (So much for "independent" journalism.)
Here's the voting records of top media personalities, compiled by Washingtonian magazine.
Maureen Dowd: Voted 25 percent of the time
Margaret Carlson: Voted 33 percent of the time. Another liberal, Carlson recently wrote in
Slate, "I love to vote."
Judy Woodruff: Voted 42 percent of the time. She's a registered Democrat too, and missed
seven of 12 recent Washington elections.
Thomas Edsall: Voted 42 percent of the time
Chris Matthews: Voted 30 percent of the time
Fred Hiatt, Steve Coll, Wolf Blitzer, Dan Balz: 0 percent in last four elections
William Safire: Voted 64 percent of the time
Charles Krauthammer: Voted 55 percent of the time
Hats off to Diane Rehm, favorite NPR radio host. She has a 100 percent voting record |
