Monday, November 15, 2004

High-tech personal communication device professional journalists refer to as a "telephone"

I like a bit of well-placed journalistic sarcasm. In this case Bill Steigerwald looks into some of MSNBC's Keith Olberman's voter fraud allegations:
On Tuesday I checked out some of Olbermann's claims. Using a high-tech personal communication device professional journalists refer to as a "telephone," I called an elections bureau person...
Steigerwald concludes by answering the question of why no major print or electronic outlet--except MSNBC's Olberman--pursued the story of Florida and Ohio voter fraud:
I don't know, boys. Maybe it's because before they start making wild charges of "vote fraud," real journalists pick up a telephone.
(Hat tip: Instapundit.)