10 May 2007

Scandal Cheat Sheet

The Purgegate Primer
courtesy of The Morning News.
Here’s the problem with modern political scandals: Many of the journalists and media outlets follow the case for months—while it’s still under the radar of the American public. Then, when the scandal attracts a great deal of attention, the articles presuppose an audience as versed in the minutiae of the case as its authors. Readers interested in the big picture are left to piece together the backstory themselves.
Read Matthew Baldwin's complete essay here.

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