'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 shes 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 CNNs Inside Politics on Monday. Were 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, Ill own part of that, as someone that spends some time on the Hill. You know, collectively were all guilty. Like, you know, individually, its hard to parse out guilt, Nichols said.
Should there be stronger local news in Texas? Yes. Right. Would they have sniffed it out? But theres no mechanism in our Constitution to really sort of catch this or prevent it from happening. Its 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. Its 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 Expresss 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.
Diamond_Dog
(35,157 posts)If he was doing his job instead of busy kissing ass.
riversedge
(73,403 posts)Texin
(2,664 posts)dickthegrouch
(3,584 posts)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)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)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)BumRushDaShow
(144,158 posts)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
orleans
(35,216 posts)BumRushDaShow
(144,158 posts)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)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.
LeftInTX
(30,564 posts)BumRushDaShow
(144,158 posts)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
dickthegrouch
(3,584 posts)Historic NY
(38,043 posts)one has to wonder who orchestrated the votes she did make
LeftInTX
(30,564 posts)Historic NY
(38,043 posts)Srkdqltr
(7,766 posts)How sad.
underpants
(187,303 posts)Signed all the agreements. Filed with the insurance company.
brer cat
(26,489 posts)I mean, like, you know....
YodaMom2
(56 posts)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 80s Valley Girl. I mean, like, you know, like, right?
Paladin
(28,971 posts)This past election is ample proof of that.
Renew Deal
(83,064 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,559 posts)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)Did she run unopposed? Who campaigned for her? Are her constituents really that stupid?
orleans
(35,216 posts)what a scam!
Srkdqltr
(7,766 posts)jimfields33
(19,296 posts)She didnt run for reelection. Its in the article.
Hassler
(3,782 posts)Only the easiest case of failing us. I guess it's a start.
PortTack
(34,829 posts)perdita9
(1,185 posts)If it had been a Democrat they would have reported on it. Republicans always get a pass.
Prairie Gates
(3,567 posts)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)when teachers excoriated anyone who was stumbling around with "You know... like" and "Like it was...like...".
biophile
(442 posts)😏🙄
BumRushDaShow
(144,158 posts)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)I can't stand that interjection.
You know was my generation. At least I tried not to say it!
Wonder Why
(4,716 posts)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)George Soros would buy a paper for the democrats or that one of these other wealthy democrats would do that. Theyd find plenty of reputable, out of work , journalists to staff it.
Ray Bruns
(4,726 posts)I guess thats true when youre on your knees sucking Donald Trumps dick 24/7
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Kid Berwyn
(18,335 posts)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.
DeeDeeNY
(3,578 posts)IronLionZion
(47,112 posts)in case they needed anything from her office