Sedosi Alhambra points out something interesting about a Bennett Roth/Samantha Levine story from the Chronicle‘s underwhelming Washington bureau.
The story comments on House financial disclosures, covering Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s disclosures in some detail, while noting the disclosures of several other Texas Republicans and one Democrat (Gene Green).
Conspicuously absent from the list was Sheila Jackson Lee (D), as Alhambra notes.
Other oddities from the story are: 1) The subtle implication that Ron Paul (R) somehow hopes to profit from legislation to return to the gold standard because he has invested in gold and silver; Paul’s criticism of fiat currency is well known, so it’s hardly surprising he would invest in hard currency, and 2) the two reporters and probably several editors apparently feel that it is news that Michael McCaul (R) has several thousand dollars of debt on a department store credit card.
If the Chronicle‘s Washington bureau can’t produce more balanced, notable journalism than this, Hearst really ought to shutter the place, go with wire coverage, and reallocate the assets to the city desk.
