Do you think if HRC had just focused more on economic justice and not on social justice

[LisaM]

31. The media covers what it wants to cover.

When Kerry came out here in 2004, he gave one of the best speeches I've ever heard a candidate give. It was sharp, it was original, he engaged with the audience, and it was very, very specifically designed to Pacific Northwest issues, including logging and salmon and the environment.

What did the media report? That he took his wife to an expensive restaurant for her birthday. Period. That's what they covered.

Same with Hillary in 2008. She came and spoke in a cold warehouse late at night. She stuck around as long as the crowd did. She spoke extensively of issues that mattered in this part of the country, and she especially connected with the little girls and older women in the audience.

The media gave it about two seconds of coverage, if that, because Obama had been here earlier in the day at Key Arena, and he'd actually gone out to acknowledge people who couldn't crowd into the doors. They showed a little of his speech, it was fine, but it was the same speech he gave everywhere. They were just gaga that he'd gone around to say hi to the crowd that couldn't get in, as if that was something super duper special.

I do think the media has fallen down, especially local media. Kerry, of course, won Washington, but wouldn't it have been nice if the local stations had bothered to mention his plans for industries that were important to the region, or where jobs were in flux?