I am so utterly sick of the WaPo's pandering

(from today's wapo...)

third paragraph in to the story on page A04, we read this...

Polls consistently have shown [Bob] Casey, the state treasurer and son of a popular former governor, leading [Rick] Santorum [in the PA senate race].

in the second paragraph, we find out that santorum was engaged with a debate with casey...

In his first and perhaps only debate with Democratic challenger Bob Casey Jr., Santorum lived up to his reputation as a feisty, unapologetic conservative, even though it has caused him problems in moderate-voting Pennsylvania. Ignoring Casey's taunts that he is a "rubber stamp" for Bush, Santorum embraced the president and most of his anti-terrorism policies.

that's only after reading this headline...

Santorum Defends President, Iraq War

and this first paragraph...

Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), battling for reelection in a state where President Bush is not popular, gave a full-throated defense of the president yesterday and said the United States must prevail in the Iraq war.

i only pulled up the full story out of curiosity... i may be obsessed with politics and news but not to the extent that i'm keeping up with all the little details... i can't watch the sunday morning talking heads because i don't get u.s. network tv here in argentina and, even if i was in the u.s., i wouldn't watch them, so i had no idea that casey and santorum were in a debate on meet the press yesterday... and, had it not been for my idle curiosity, i still wouldn't know, at least not after reading the wapo's headline... even more importantly, the story, while it should be about both santorum AND casey, is clearly and indisputably about santorum... casey is just filler... i find this kind of reportage unacceptable... in fact, it demeans the concept of reportage to even call it that...

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