While the Statesman and their fellow liberals in the local area were patting themselves on the back for Pulitzer nomination on the Craig story, most of the rest of the Treasure Valley yawned.
The Statesman on the website prior to the front page top-of-the-fold story on the Pulitzer suggests to readers that they are a finalist. They don’t bother to mention in the early coverage that it was already known that they were not a winner.
wp2 predicted the Craig tabloid material was just an attempt to attract a Pulitzer in our post dated December 19, 2007.
Blogger Adam Graham said it all in his blog “Adam’s Blog” this week when he pointed out “the Statesman’s methods were disreputable. The Statesman’s Dan Popkey reportedly went so far as going into a gay bar in Washington DC and showing a picture of the Senator to patrons in the hope of turning up leads.” You can read Adam’s full piece at this link: http://www.adamsweb.us/blog/say-it-aint-so-joe-pulitzer/
People are asking something of more substance rather than pointing out Statesman errors and left leanings. They’ll get it this week when we publish our interview with a key person on record with Dan Popkey concerning the Craig story. But Popkey and the Statesman wouldn’t use this highly credible source because it would have disproved much of their stories. The Statesman calls the “lies by omission.”
wp2 wonders if the local liberals in Boise and the Pulitzer committee will feel so good about this story after they read our next post.
