Dancing with the one wot brought you...

[lsanderson]

Real journalism isn't about selling a book
By Don Campbell

A gossipy, behind-the-scenes presidential campaign book once again illustrates how the public is poorly served by some in the political press corps.

Game Change, by John Heilemann, a writer for New York magazine, and Mark Halperin, a reporter for Time, raises the question for non-political junkies of why so much about candidates remains hidden from public view until after the vote.

The answer, based on my nearly 40 years of covering politics, directing coverage and teaching college students who aspire to the craft, points to the too-cozy relationship between reporters and the political class. More