After reading Donviti’s post, it occurred to me that we hardly know anything about Delaware’s media/pundit elite.
They are the creators, framers and filters of the Delaware’s conventional wisdom and are not shy about using their various platforms to promote their own agendas. They have have no difficulty passing off their biases and preconceptions as the revealed truth in any given political situation and they have the media conduits to pull it off – but who are they?
What shaped their worldviews?
Who do they answer to ?
What did they eat for breakfast?
I’ll give you my list and what little I know, you can add to the list or add to our understanding of this shadowy group of opinion makers.
1) Pete Booker: Chairman of Delmarva Broadcasting. He is a Rotarian and heavy GOP contributor. Other than that all I know is he made the call to get rid of Hannity, and employs both Gerry Fulcher and Al Mascitti.
2) Celia Cohen: Rabid Castle/Carper/Biden loyalist who completely shameless in her devotion to the status quo. Ostensibly a writer for the Dover Post, but her main funding comes from an undisclosed angel donor.
3) Ron Williams: Clueless News Journal political columnist who is completely shameless in his devotion to ripping off Celia Cohen.
4) Doug Williams: Political editor for the News Journal who is either under strict orders from Gannett to NEVER EVER EVER publish “investigative” journalism about elected officials or simply has no interest in the traditional “4th estate” practice of journalism.
5) Alan Loudell: WDEL’s news director and perhaps to the closest thing to a real journalist in the bunch. Even so, Loudel is always eager adopt right-wing frames and prominently feature right-wing partisans and shills as “experts” during his afternoon “news” segments.
Who am I leaving out?