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Everyone here in the newsroom was pretty excited last Thursday, when Assemblyman Jim Tedisco called to announce that he'd be stepping down from his post as Minority Leader in the State Assembly to concentrate on his tradition to to Congress.
Why were we excited? Because he promised us that he wouldn't talk to any other news outlets until Friday, giving us the scoop. Of course, we didn't know (as Tedisco almost certainly did know), that the Times Union and AP were in the process of writing stories about the pressure he was getting from within his own conference to resign the leadership post.
I woke up Friday with the hope of, at the very least, a passing mention on FOX 23; "The Saratogian is reporting...," as they sometimes do.
Nothing. Instead, the TU story was getting all the buzz. Sure, we did get out in front of the story a bit before other papers, but it wasn't the triumphant scoop I'd been imagining. All because we don't have proper resources to dedicate to coverage of a congressional race AND the capitol.
What we do have is me, an over-worked reporter who has not done an adequate job of covering city issues in the week since the election.
I am the city reporter, and beginning today, I will be re-focusing on city matters, while still making sure to keep readers current on the latest in the congressional election-turned horse race.
Why were we excited? Because he promised us that he wouldn't talk to any other news outlets until Friday, giving us the scoop. Of course, we didn't know (as Tedisco almost certainly did know), that the Times Union and AP were in the process of writing stories about the pressure he was getting from within his own conference to resign the leadership post.
I woke up Friday with the hope of, at the very least, a passing mention on FOX 23; "The Saratogian is reporting...," as they sometimes do.
Nothing. Instead, the TU story was getting all the buzz. Sure, we did get out in front of the story a bit before other papers, but it wasn't the triumphant scoop I'd been imagining. All because we don't have proper resources to dedicate to coverage of a congressional race AND the capitol.
What we do have is me, an over-worked reporter who has not done an adequate job of covering city issues in the week since the election.
I am the city reporter, and beginning today, I will be re-focusing on city matters, while still making sure to keep readers current on the latest in the congressional election-turned horse race.
posted by The Saratogian City Desk at
3:27 PM
4 Comments:
Live and learn...and beware of any politican giving "gifts" to anyone in the media.
Andrew,
As the old saying goes, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Tedisco is an journeyman at political manipulation. He'd sell his own grandmother to a Taiwanese sweatshop if it meant a bump in the polls. Then if someone caught him doing it, he'd come out with some sort of feel-good legislation outlawing the products made in these sweatshops, claiming that had been his plan all along.
In this case, he played you guys like a fiddle. He was pissed-off by the TU's endorsement of Murphy and knew the no-confidence vote was coming. So he went to the one daily newspaper that had his back, and, as you mentioned, not enough resources to realize what was really going on. That's why I always say don't bother trusting politicians or spokesmen. They'll steer you wrong every time.
Frankly, were I in your position, I'd be pretty goddamn ticked. He made the paper seem like a Republican bullhorn.
is:
to concentrate on his tradition to to Congress.
should be:
to concentrate on his transition to to Congress.
thanks for the insite mike, that was pretty obvious to anyone with a brain reading the article.
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