Times Union gives Sweeney a boost
The Times Union reported today on Rudy Giuliani's appearance in support of John Sweeney. I noticed a couple of interesting things about the article.
It indicates that Sweeney "got a boost" from Giuliani, who endorsed Sweeney during a day of campaigning, including "a visit to a fire house, a stop at the racetrack and a rally with more than 100 residents."
How is this a boost? They saw 100 residents out of the 660,000 residents in the congressional district. Whoop dee doo! However, 100,000 people or more will read about it in the TU. That's the real boost.
It's a real shocker that Giuliani endorsed Sweeney. That's a real hard-hitting news story. Apparently Republican Giuliani was thinking about endorsing Democrat Gillibrand. [If you can't see the sarcasm in here, please read it again.]
More interesting was the fact that the reporter reported a response from challenger Gillibrand. It's pretty common for newspapers to report something positive about an incumbent without calling the challenger for a comment. McNulty in my race has gotten a lot of positive press in the TU without any response from a challenger (either myself or his primary opponent Raleigh).
Nice to see some mitigation of the incumbency bias. Maybe at some point the 21st district will become a newsworthy race ... but I'm not counting those chickens just yet.
It indicates that Sweeney "got a boost" from Giuliani, who endorsed Sweeney during a day of campaigning, including "a visit to a fire house, a stop at the racetrack and a rally with more than 100 residents."
How is this a boost? They saw 100 residents out of the 660,000 residents in the congressional district. Whoop dee doo! However, 100,000 people or more will read about it in the TU. That's the real boost.
It's a real shocker that Giuliani endorsed Sweeney. That's a real hard-hitting news story. Apparently Republican Giuliani was thinking about endorsing Democrat Gillibrand. [If you can't see the sarcasm in here, please read it again.]
More interesting was the fact that the reporter reported a response from challenger Gillibrand. It's pretty common for newspapers to report something positive about an incumbent without calling the challenger for a comment. McNulty in my race has gotten a lot of positive press in the TU without any response from a challenger (either myself or his primary opponent Raleigh).
Nice to see some mitigation of the incumbency bias. Maybe at some point the 21st district will become a newsworthy race ... but I'm not counting those chickens just yet.
posted by Albany Lawyer at 5:10 PM
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