DCist: Why We're Not Covering the Republican National Convention

notyou

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:10:17 -0500

The philanderer bear would be more apropos of the "family values" crowd.

erahk0

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:23:08 -0500

Maybe a Panderer Bear costume could have worked at the rnc?

IMGoph

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:57:10 -0500

we have enough pander bears around here as is... :)

stmove

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:01:39 -0500

Oh Krisa, you are so adorable: "This is something that democrats are exceedingly good at, pandering to the media to garner more positive coverage than negative. " Did someone say PANDER?

erahk0

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:36:58 -0500

You could have tried harder - like sneek in with a Lincoln or an elephant costume.

tomaloisi

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:22:25 -0500

It's ok, that horrible yellow dress last night would have blinded you, anyway!

IMGoph

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:48:21 -0500

yep, the republicans would never pander to a media organization (coughcoughfoxnewscoughcough)

MikeB

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:30:53 -0500

Don't feel too bad. I attended the 1996 GOP convention in San Diego with a "special press" credential (college newspaper), and it didn't allow for much access to the place. Ended up sitting behind the network booths, but next to G. Gordon Liddy.

Politburo

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:29:39 -0500

"This is something that democrats are exceedingly good at, pandering to the media to garner more positive coverage than negative." Indeed, let's not forget that nice BBQ they had for the media... oh.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:21:47 -0500

You're going to so wish you got press passes when the whole Manchurian Candidate thing goes down during the acceptance speech. And you just know Angela Landsbury is waiting in the wings.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:08:55 -0500

Seeing as the Elder Gods are all about strict constructionalism, intelligent design, the original intent of the Founding Fathers, and unspeakable nightmares, the Cthulhu mythos dovetails quite nicely with the current GOP platform. Sometimes tentacles can be your best political asset.

downtown rez

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:01:28 -0500

Republicans love them some message control and, if DCist didn't make the cut as friendly press, it's probably 'cause all the (R) lawyers are still up in AK.

notyou

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:55:38 -0500

LOL, seeing that logo reminds me of my mis-spent youth, reading HP Lovecraft and advocating for Cthulu as alternative to voting for the Lesser Evil. http://crookedtimber.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/republican_cthulhu.jpg

Jamie R. Liu

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:35:09 -0500

Oops. Not the convention. Dayton.

Krisa

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:29:05 -0500

I definitely appreciate the efforts that went into this. But I also hope that just because DCist isn't physically sitting in the convention that were will be any less coverage. And I'm not talking about the live-blogging, who's shaking hands with who, nonsense. News events are still news worthy, even if you didn't get Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket. This is something that democrats are exceedingly good at, pandering to the media to garner more positive coverage than negative. I mean honestly, if they bent over backwards to allow in a wave of new media types, providing them unprecendented access to an event they never were able to attend before, you don't think they're going to be slightly beholden to them on the coverage? Obama's event was much larger, which was a precise calculation to capitalize on this sort of thing, as well as making it look like he has a huge following of devoted disciples (I mean, followers) so they had more space to give to bloggers. But quality of journalism aside, I'm not surprised in the least if bloggers are the first ones dropped from the list as space gets tighter.

Jamie R. Liu

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:28:46 -0500

They're having trouble filling all the seats in the RNC Convention Hall. Bet they wish they'd taken you up on your offer. Guess they thought they were more popular than they really are. But then again, that's not the only thing they're delusional about.

erahk0

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:13:39 -0500

I was wondering if you were going to cover Ron Paul's convention-lite.

IMGoph

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:07:13 -0500

they say there's no such thing as bad press, and you could have certainly provided more press. but maybe they just didn't want you digging something else up on ms. palin...

mikeodigbmx

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:07:10 -0500

No voting rights for DC, no good coverage on DCist. I know it wasn't intended that way, but it works out all the same :-)

GhostBear

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:57:04 -0500

Was wondering; thanks for the clarification. Shame it couldn't work out.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:56:23 -0500

Well, crap. I was looking forward to in-depth coverage of the Log Cabin Republicans' icecream social. They may be full of self-loathing, but they make a wicket banana parfait. And you know about those sprinkles.

rabo k

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:45:18 -0500

But, I didn't get my fill of bullshit during the DNC and I was counting on... ah fuck it.