Monday, September 21, 2009

Why Did Traditional Media "Miss" the ACORN Corruption Story?

Journalists need to ask themselves, how did this happen? How could they miss the corruption at ACORN? President Obama was once an ACORN lawyer, so the group is certainly significant enough to warrant media scrutiny. Then how did all the seasoned professionals get scooped by two students–James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles–one of whom isn’t old enough to legally drink?

Evan Coyne Maloney, one of the pioneers of video blogging, considers these grave questions for Big Hollywood. Good stuff.