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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12573)	10/16/2003 9:58:21 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793606

She didn't know her way to San Jose, I guess. ____________________________________________ Editor: Many newspapers missed voter anger in Calif. recall election JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, October 15, 2003 ©2003 Associated Press URL: sfgate.com/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/10/15/national2238EDT0930.DTL Newspapers gave readers plenty of valuable information during California's gubernatorial recall race, but most of them underestimated the voter anger that helped oust Gov. Gray Davis, a newspaper editor said Wednesday. Many voters ignored editorials from some newspapers that told voters to oppose the recall, said Susan Goldberg, executive editor of the San Jose Mercury News. "We -- the media -- are increasingly disconnected from what people are talking about," Goldberg told journalists at the Associated Press Managing Editors association's annual conference, which kicked off Wednesday. "I'm not sure exactly what to do to solve it." Goldberg said her newspaper did everything it could to connect with readers during the campaign. Still, she said some voters seem to have associated the media with the government they were rejecting. "I think somehow we have ended up over there with the status quo," Goldberg said. Journalists will have to find a new way to cover politics or they'll lose readers, she said. Even though news stories raised questions about Arnold Schwarzenegger, the candidate won without sitting down for interviews with the state's biggest papers, Goldberg said. Walter Mears, retired special correspondent and vice president for The Associated Press, said politicians are becoming increasingly distant from journalists. "The people who surround them -- the handlers and consultants -- do their best to fend off reporters and keep us from getting too close because they want these people to stay on script," Mears said. "They don't want them to say the unexpected." ©2003 Associated Press