Our Lazy Media

by: Juan Melli

Sun Nov 05, 2006 at 09:08:32 PM EST

The outcome of the race could help determine which party will control the Senate. It has been dominated by negative charges, with Menendez linking Kean with President Bush and Kean portraying Menendez as a corrupt politician.

God forbid they actually examined those two claims and gave us the objective facts. That might require them to do some work, otherwise known as their "job".

It's so easy to point out the lazy reporters since there's so many of them, but it's equally important to recognize the good ones. We're lucky in New Jersey to have a couple who stand far above the rest by simply doing their jobs. Two of those are Josh Gohlke and Herb Jackson who have been writing the Reality Check series for The Record. It's a rare objective analysis of claims made by both campaigns. They deserve recognition for doing the work most of their colleagues are too lazy to do.