Public Editor: Let’s Turn to Issues in this Election Season
Mike King, public editor at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, says it is time to start cutting the presidential election stories dealing with polling, campaign advertising, and stump speeches. Instead he writes:
Let’s take a page of the newspaper, every other day or so, and tack our own course away from the campaign trail. Let’s write a story focusing on how Americans are able to pay for health care now and in the future. Let’s look at the new Medicare prescription drug payment program and see if it works. Let’s ask how close we are to achieving energy independence now and in the future.
And after that, let’s examine how important is it to keep Americans in good jobs with good benefits and how important is it to keep American companies competitive in a global marketplace.
And while we are at it, let’s ask: Are voters comfortable about stretching the bounds of science and human development so that we can treat debilitating and deadly diseases? Also, let’s see how voters feel about the 40-year struggle for civil rights for all Americans. Has it accomplished enough of what was envisioned?
FYI: I am quoted in this opinion piece.
