I would like to nominate the huge Harper profile by Jeffrey Simpson and Brian Laghi that ran in the weekend Globe and Mail's Focus section. It was called Incremental Man and for sheer breadth and depth of reporting, I think it was one of the best stories I read throughout the election period. This kind of story, with many, many sources and careful, solid writing offers voters a chance to stop and think about candidates and issues, rather than simply jumping from news bite to news bite, gobbling up information, but with little time for reflection and synthesis.
Kudos to the reporters and to the Globe.
Paul Benedetti
Posted by Mason2008-10-15 15:24:26
Perhaps it's just me and this happens every election, but I thought this campaign was especially focused on coverage of the leaders. Tracking their movements and repeating their speeches were sometimes the only campaign news of the day, and precious little space was devoted to other candidates.
Also, I remain astonished that issues such as the war in Afghanistan received so little play. Given how polarizing it can be and how much analysis has been devoted to it since the last election, I thought it would be a major issue. Not even the NDP or Greens tried to make hay of it in a significant way.
For those interested, here's a link to "Incremental Man":
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081004.whapercover04/BNStory/politics/
I would like to nominate the huge Harper profile by Jeffrey Simpson and Brian Laghi that ran in the weekend Globe and Mail's Focus section. It was called Incremental Man and for sheer breadth and depth of reporting, I think it was one of the best stories I read throughout the election period. This kind of story, with many, many sources and careful, solid writing offers voters a chance to stop and think about candidates and issues, rather than simply jumping from news bite to news bite, gobbling up information, but with little time for reflection and synthesis.
Kudos to the reporters and to the Globe.
Paul Benedetti
Perhaps it's just me and this happens every election, but I thought this campaign was especially focused on coverage of the leaders. Tracking their movements and repeating their speeches were sometimes the only campaign news of the day, and precious little space was devoted to other candidates.
Also, I remain astonished that issues such as the war in Afghanistan received so little play. Given how polarizing it can be and how much analysis has been devoted to it since the last election, I thought it would be a major issue. Not even the NDP or Greens tried to make hay of it in a significant way.