The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Tuesday, January 24, 2006  

SOMETIMES IT TAKES THE A.P.
Coverage of Pennsylvania Senate Primary

Many astute newspaper readers, including me, gripe about the reliance of their hometown newspaper, in my case, the incredibly shrinking Philadelphia Inquirer, on copy from the Associated Press. But, hey, sometimes the wire reporters are doing a better job than, or at least filling the voids created by, the paper’s slim staffing or institutional bias.

To wit: “[Two] Hopefuls Appeal to Face Santorum,” by the A.P.’s Marc Levy, published today by, yes, the Inquirer, from which we learn that Bob Casey Jr. skipped a debate in Harrisburg sponsored by the League of Women Voters, leaving Chuck Pennacchio and Alan Sandals to carry on by themselves the noble tradition of democracy, so well established centuries ago in this very city.

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