Word: globe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reporters have come to me and said, "I don't know what to do. We don't know how to cover this race." says Carolyn Stewart, press secretary for Robert Kiley, who withdrew shortly before the primary. At the Globe, the large field spurred a sense of responsibility as the paper of the record. The Herald sensed an opportunity to be the paper with clout...
...seem to have a large impact in this community." said Matthew V. Storin. managing editor of The Boston Globe. "Things we do are magnified. Even the TV stations sometimes cover us more than the candidates. I'm not afraid to admit that at all. We have a big voice...
Desks and loans matter." says Storin of the Globe. "They tell us something about a man's values." Wayne Woodlief of the Herald agrees. These incidents take you beyond the candidates' nights, beyond their stands on issues." But, argues Hartnett, "It's a lazy man's way to report. They should follow up. They should go out into the street...
POLLS keep reporters off the streets too. A poll may come with endless hedges about margins of error and standards of accuracy. Nevertheless, it is an irresistibly instant cross-section of the electorate. "The Globe reporters were just salivating for the results of the polls." Stewart says. The magic percentages offer a sense of "momentum" in mid-race. Polls may be superficial; momentum may be an artificial constraint on the democratic process, which after all is not the race but the final tally. But it is something easy and cohesive to report...
Several years ago, after an embarrassing miscall, the Globe decided to stop polling altogether. But the resolve didn't last long. "There's something exciting about the polls that makes a news event." recalls Hartnett, who spent eight years at the Globe. "How good they are is beside the point. This is felling you who's gonna win the Pats game before they play." Sure enough, the polls returned, but fitfully...