The article, "Obama Vacation: Fair Game for Press" was published on Politico.com today. Written by Michael Calderone, the article discusses a vacation Senator Obama took this past weekend. The article questions whether or not the candidates vacation was fair game or not.
My reason for this post isn't to discuss the content of the article but to discuss the apparent boredom of the press at this point in time. Obviously there is a problem when there is this much time between primaries. We have nothing better to report about then whether or not Obama's vacation was fair game for the press? This is ridiculous in my opinion and a waste of our time.
Senator Obama wants to be president and with that comes the added exposure and a limited private life. I don't feel bad for him but I also think it isn't any of our business where a candidate takes his vacation with his family. The point here is, that the media is desperate to fill space and we are subjected to their "political reporting".
I understand that this is a slow juncture in the political race. We already know that Senator John McCain is the candidate for the Republican Party, and we are just playing the waiting game to see who wins the Democratic nomination. This does not mean that the press should be creating news where there is none.
Obama took a short vacation during a national holiday. Big Deal. There is an abundance of important "newsworthy" stories. I look forward to a month from now, when we actually have something to talk about. I hope we don't progress to Obama's favorite type of cheese or Clinton's favorite book.
Based on the article: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9198_Page2.html
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I agree. I hate when reporters cover stories that have no significance when they can be spending their time reporting about things that actually matter.
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