Staff reductions at the Pensacola News Journal have been so severe the remaining skeletal crew has to double- and triple-up, when they're not looking for a better job. So, we fully anticipated the PNJ would send some hapless sports reporter out to cover the Pensacola rally for gubernatorial candidate Rod Smith and he'd write it up like a horse race, as is the custom of the media these days.Not to worry. Culture reporter and occasional newspaper-blogger Troy Moon was assigned the story. The results appear below the fold of the local news section.
No 'closing the gap' or 'hitting his stride' or 'coming down the stretch' metaphors for Troy. Instead, we get a music review -- complete with play list and fourteen words summarizing candidate Smith's policy proposals:
"Smith, a youthful-looking 56, greeted about 100 supporters during the morning rally, and promised to improve education in Florida's public schools and stability in the insurance market, which has been rocked by hurricanes in recent years.Well, it's an improvement. Maybe.
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Hey, it a Gannett newspaper...what did you expect? I'm originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and at the Hattiesburg American you can almost count the number of reporters on one hand. And their TV station in Tampa/St. Petersburg, WTSP-10, is far behind in the ratings.
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