Cole Campbell: Who Created the Frontrunner?
Cole Campbell, public journalist and former editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, asks at Jay Rosen’s PressThink:
Who created the frontrunner dethroned in Iowa for a new front runner?
His answer is reflected in his introduction:
It was the campaign press. But on the morning after, the campaign press pretends it does not exist.
Adding:
In other words, just about everything you heard and read about the Iowa caucuses in November and December was wrong. Particularly those endless pieces about the importance of strong grass-roots organizations. The press would have done better if all the reporters had taken a long vacation.
