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BumRushDaShow

(144,158 posts)
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:13 PM Yesterday

'Collectively, We're All Guilty': Capitol Hill Reporter Admits the 'Kay Granger Story' Fell Through the Cracks

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 23rd, 2024, 2:15 pm


At least one Capitol Hill reporter admitted to dropping the ball when it came to alerting constituents that Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) has been missing in action from the House floor because she’s been dealing with “dementia issues” at an assisted living facility for the past six months.

Hans Nichols, political reporter with Axios, offered up a mea culpa on CNN’s Inside Politics on Monday. “We’re still, as reporters, have limited resources and limited time to report all these stories out. That said, we should have gotten the Kay Granger story. I mean, like, I’ll own part of that, as someone that spends some time on the Hill. You know, collectively we’re all guilty. Like, you know, individually, it’s hard to parse out guilt,” Nichols said.

“Should there be stronger local news in Texas? Yes. Right. Would they have sniffed it out? But there’s no mechanism in our Constitution to really sort of catch this or prevent it from happening. It’s on the press corps and we just have to figure out how to figure it out. And it takes real reporting, right? This is real resources, you have to get the story. Not impossible to do. It’s pretty obvious in retrospect, but none of us had the time or the resources to do it. And, you know, we owe a portion of the blame,” he continued.

In fact, a The Dallas Express’s Carlos Turcios did “sniff out” the story on Dec. 20 with the headline, “Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/collectively-were-all-guilty-capitol-hill-reporter-admits-the-kay-granger-story-fell-through-the-cracks/



It didn't "fall through the cracks". It was intentionally "buried". Their "ball" was on bashing Biden 24/7 and insinuating "dementia" and all kinds of other "ailments" for him, including having CNN's Sanjay Gupta do a whole thing on that via "armchair medicine" (on behalf of the GOP) while ignoring the actual people likely diagnosed with it.

It wasn't like she was some new member of Congress. She was a veteran in there for decades and Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful Committees in the House, during the 118th Congress.
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'Collectively, We're All Guilty': Capitol Hill Reporter Admits the 'Kay Granger Story' Fell Through the Cracks (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
I think MAGA Mike should've been aware of this too Diamond_Dog Yesterday #1
umm.. I do not assume the speaker did not know--. He had to know she was missing since summer. riversedge Yesterday #8
Exactly. I'm quite sure they all did or most of them anyway. Texin 7 hrs ago #41
If congress doesn't update its spreadsheet if votes daily dickthegrouch Yesterday #2
It should be there. I think since there are 535 of them, it might be easy for the media to lose track of one. LeftInTX Yesterday #4
But she is Chair of the House Appropriations Committee BumRushDaShow Yesterday #7
if she is the chair then i'm wondering what has fallen by the wayside since she's been mia. nt orleans 17 hrs ago #22
It looks like once she had announced this past spring that she was not running again BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #23
well, at least that. thanks for letting me know. nt orleans 10 hrs ago #31
I remember Tom Cole's name coming up in the news BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #34
Don't you think mgardener Yesterday #13
Yeah, but the media didn't notice. LeftInTX Yesterday #14
The Clerk of the House publishes the Roll Call votes online BumRushDaShow Yesterday #6
Exactly my point. Thank you /nt dickthegrouch Yesterday #12
With the amount of did not votes... Historic NY Yesterday #3
She hasn't voted since July. LeftInTX Yesterday #5
Even before intermittent Historic NY Yesterday #9
Why didn't her family or her secretary say something? Or was she just an old woman who was never missed? Srkdqltr Yesterday #10
I'd think they knew. Someone got her admitted underpants 10 hrs ago #33
Hans Nichols should be ashamed to call himself a journalist. brer cat Yesterday #11
I had the same thought. YodaMom2 8 hrs ago #40
The media wouldn't have missed covering an absent Democratic representative. Paladin Yesterday #15
It was also unethical of her office to keep the ruse going Renew Deal 21 hrs ago #16
Her staff and her family, but But BUt BUT as long as the gub'mint checks kept coming.... 3Hotdogs 21 hrs ago #17
So she was re-elected while in a nursing home? idahoblue 19 hrs ago #18
i am wondering those same things orleans 18 hrs ago #21
She was not reelected, she did not run again. Srkdqltr 11 hrs ago #27
No!!!!!!! jimfields33 9 hrs ago #35
News flash for our Press Corpse, this is Hassler 19 hrs ago #19
They are f..king guilty of a missing a lot of very important stories. Probably more like purposely buried them PortTack 19 hrs ago #20
More evidence that the media is failing the American people perdita9 14 hrs ago #24
"It's like, I mean, you know, like..." Prairie Gates 11 hrs ago #25
I remember back in high school BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #26
But it's like, you know, just like normalized now, you know? biophile 10 hrs ago #28
It's been normalized for a LONG time! BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #32
SORT OF flamingdem 10 hrs ago #29
When people use "we" When apologizing, they are trying to minimize their Wonder Why 10 hrs ago #30
I wish Linda ladeewolf 9 hrs ago #36
"We're still, as reporters, have limited resources and limited time to report all these stories out" Ray Bruns 9 hrs ago #37
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 9 hrs ago #38
Political Malpractice. Journalistic Malpractice. Kid Berwyn 9 hrs ago #39
The Slobfather also has "dementia issues" not mentioned by the media DeeDeeNY 5 hrs ago #42
I guess her constituents didn't notice they weren't being represented IronLionZion 3 hrs ago #43

Diamond_Dog

(35,157 posts)
1. I think MAGA Mike should've been aware of this too
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:20 PM
Yesterday

If he was doing his job instead of busy kissing ass.

riversedge

(73,403 posts)
8. umm.. I do not assume the speaker did not know--. He had to know she was missing since summer.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:46 PM
Yesterday

dickthegrouch

(3,584 posts)
2. If congress doesn't update its spreadsheet if votes daily
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:20 PM
Yesterday

It damn well should.
What more resources do reporters need?
BS explanation IMHO.
It should be really easy to query a database of how each elected member of every government voted and to be able to see when they voted.

LeftInTX

(30,564 posts)
4. It should be there. I think since there are 535 of them, it might be easy for the media to lose track of one.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:35 PM
Yesterday

There are just some congress critters who just don't draw much attention. I live in SA, but I couldn't tell you who represents the Waco area or the Williamson County area etc. I don't even know who represents that area east of Austin or the northern part of Austin. I know who represents the southern part of Travis County because we share districts with them. The rest is a blur to me.

BumRushDaShow

(144,158 posts)
7. But she is Chair of the House Appropriations Committee
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:46 PM
Yesterday

I remember when this self-same media obsessed over Fetterman when he was missing votes while going through his depression/counseling and they were literally ticking off how many votes he was "missing" during that time. And this was literally during his first year in office.

Granger has been in the House for 27 years (since 1997).

orleans

(35,216 posts)
22. if she is the chair then i'm wondering what has fallen by the wayside since she's been mia. nt
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 02:34 AM
17 hrs ago

BumRushDaShow

(144,158 posts)
23. It looks like once she had announced this past spring that she was not running again
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 04:54 AM
15 hrs ago

she gave up the position "early" and Tom Cole threw his hat in (and eventually took the position) - https://rollcall.com/2024/03/28/cole-considered-early-favorite-to-win-house-appropriations-gavel/

Here are the members on the Committee - https://appropriations.house.gov/about/membership

BumRushDaShow

(144,158 posts)
34. I remember Tom Cole's name coming up in the news
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:35 AM
9 hrs ago

this past spring but I was thinking it was for jockeying to take over assuming they kept the House. He had been one of the very vocal fiscal GOPers after the teabaggers came in around 2010 but when the MAGat loons started coming in more recently, he seemed to fade into the background.

mgardener

(1,911 posts)
13. Don't you think
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 06:31 PM
Yesterday

The people who sat on either side of Congress not8ced?

It was the responsiblity of the Speaker to know this. No one noticed tat a person was gone for months?

Republicans knew. Her staff knew.
Her family knew.

And they did nothing.
This was a coverup.

BumRushDaShow

(144,158 posts)
6. The Clerk of the House publishes the Roll Call votes online
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:38 PM
Yesterday

It may take a little time but they try to get it up there within an hour or two of the final vote - https://clerk.house.gov/Votes

Historic NY

(38,043 posts)
3. With the amount of did not votes...
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:32 PM
Yesterday

one has to wonder who orchestrated the votes she did make

Srkdqltr

(7,766 posts)
10. Why didn't her family or her secretary say something? Or was she just an old woman who was never missed?
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:56 PM
Yesterday

How sad.

underpants

(187,303 posts)
33. I'd think they knew. Someone got her admitted
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:29 AM
10 hrs ago

Signed all the agreements. Filed with the insurance company.

YodaMom2

(56 posts)
40. I had the same thought.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:49 AM
8 hrs ago

As a journalist, this man is - by definition - a writer. One would assume that he would be able to speak in complete sentences without sounding like an 80’s Valley Girl. I mean, like, you know, like, right?

Paladin

(28,971 posts)
15. The media wouldn't have missed covering an absent Democratic representative.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:52 PM
Yesterday

This past election is ample proof of that.

3Hotdogs

(13,559 posts)
17. Her staff and her family, but But BUt BUT as long as the gub'mint checks kept coming....
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 11:20 PM
21 hrs ago

If anyone said anything, staff would be out of a job and family would be paying for "memory care" out of savings.

I do feel sorry for the woman. It's a shit way to go.

idahoblue

(401 posts)
18. So she was re-elected while in a nursing home?
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:38 AM
19 hrs ago

Did she run unopposed? Who campaigned for her? Are her constituents really that stupid?

Hassler

(3,782 posts)
19. News flash for our Press Corpse, this is
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:20 AM
19 hrs ago

Only the easiest case of failing us. I guess it's a start.

PortTack

(34,829 posts)
20. They are f..king guilty of a missing a lot of very important stories. Probably more like purposely buried them
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:28 AM
19 hrs ago

perdita9

(1,185 posts)
24. More evidence that the media is failing the American people
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:27 AM
14 hrs ago

If it had been a Democrat they would have reported on it. Republicans always get a pass.

Prairie Gates

(3,567 posts)
25. "It's like, I mean, you know, like..."
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:08 AM
11 hrs ago
I mean, like, I’ll own part of that, as someone that spends some time on the Hill. You know, collectively we’re all guilty. Like, you know, individually,...


What in the world? OK, two things

1. It has long been journalistic standard to edit out filler words from quotations. Everybody uses them to some extent, and they don't read well. There have been good studies on this. It used to be that editors would leave filler words in a quotation when they wanted the quoted person to sound provincial or stupid. So, yes, it often had a racial component, and very often had a gendered component. However...

2. This is a lot of filler words to content for a professional journalist, even in ordinary speech. Good Lord!

BumRushDaShow

(144,158 posts)
26. I remember back in high school
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:14 AM
11 hrs ago

when teachers excoriated anyone who was stumbling around with "You know... like" and "Like it was...like...".

BumRushDaShow

(144,158 posts)
32. It's been normalized for a LONG time!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:23 AM
10 hrs ago


I remember being part of my office's "Toastmasters" club for a year or so and it was definitely instructive on that "problem".

flamingdem

(39,956 posts)
29. SORT OF
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:54 AM
10 hrs ago

I can't stand that interjection.

You know was my generation. At least I tried not to say it!

Wonder Why

(4,716 posts)
30. When people use "we" When apologizing, they are trying to minimize their
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:05 AM
10 hrs ago

responsibility by spreading out the blame like the Nazi generals who said "We were just following orders", the CEOs that say "We made mistakes" or those who said "We didn't treat Vietnam veterans very well when they came back".

Linda ladeewolf

(487 posts)
36. I wish
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:47 AM
9 hrs ago

George Soros would buy a paper for the democrats or that one of these other wealthy democrats would do that. They’d find plenty of reputable, out of work , journalists to staff it.

Ray Bruns

(4,726 posts)
37. "We're still, as reporters, have limited resources and limited time to report all these stories out"
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:54 AM
9 hrs ago

I guess that’s true when you’re on your knees sucking Donald Trump’s dick 24/7

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Kid Berwyn

(18,335 posts)
39. Political Malpractice. Journalistic Malpractice.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:29 AM
9 hrs ago

President Musk can primary the pols and buy the Big Six media companies and fire the lot of the ink-stained wretches the same day with his pocket change.

IronLionZion

(47,112 posts)
43. I guess her constituents didn't notice they weren't being represented
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:01 PM
3 hrs ago

in case they needed anything from her office

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