There’s a really fascinating editorial in today’s News Journal about the coverage of the Delaware U.S. Senate race. It details a lot of the issues the NJ had covering the O’Donnell campaign, particularly the grudge the campaign held against Ginger Gibson, in particular.
That will not happen at The News Journal. Gibson, who was kicked out of O’Donnell’s meeting with Hispanic citizens on Monday night, immediately threaded O’Donnell’s post-debate comments into the Widener debate piece at delawareonline.com Tuesday morning, and added context and additional interviews for Wednesday’s print editions of The News Journal.
O’Donnell suggested to Gibson that if the story on the Constitution turned out to her liking, she would consider giving Gibson better access moving forward.
Gibson didn’t bite. While she obviously does not like being booted from O’Donnell appearances, she doesn’t take those acts personally. And she certainly isn’t willing to sell her professional soul for access.
The O’Donnell campaign’s treatment of the local media has not been as big an issue as it should be. I think O’Donnell thinks she can coast into the Senate based on national media & secret funding. Delaware, let’s prove her wrong.