We hadn’t noticed it, but last week Paul Krugman over at the NY Times picked up on our original exclusive report on DoJ Voting Chief John Tanner’s recent comments saying while it’s a “shame” that the elderly are, in fact, disenfranchised by Photo ID restrictions at the polling place — like the one that he approved on behalf of the Department’s Civil Rights Division in Georgia — he’s less worried about minorities being disenfranchised because “minorities don’t become elderly. The way that white people do. They die first.”
Unfortunately, Krugman credited our friends at TPM Muckraker for the story, even though their story followed up on, and properly credited, ours. Krugman’s comments were in his NYTimes blog and we hope he’ll cover the important matter in his regular column as well. Though if he does, we’d appreciate it if, like Al Kamen’s coverage at WaPo, he offered appropriate attribution where it’s due.
Believe it or not, it matters, and not just for our own ego.
On the other hand, Amy Goodman at Democracy Now today also picked up on the story (see the short video above left) and gave The BRAD BLOG the appropriate credit. Her coverage also included some of the video that our own Alan Breslauer posted here originally.
Thanks Amy! And thanks Alan for posting Amy’s video here. There now, was that so hard?
I saw that and was a little perplexed too. Good for you Brad. Don’t let anyone take credit for ALL the hard work you did for the past three years regarding the most important issue- election fraud.
Like the saying goes: “If you don’t blow your own horn, someone else will spit in it”
(I hope you are feeling better)
At the core, I’m certainly happy for the info to get out there. Credit or not. But I’m not sure how independent media such as ours is suppose to survive if folks don’t give us the credit when it’s due. Has been a long long long story of that happening for years. And thus, we still need to figure out how to pay the rent each month.
Speaking of which, there are just a couple more Lincoln: Presidential Archive “Museum-in-a-Box” premiums left if anyone wants to snatch up the last of ’em!
I saw this yesterday. They did mention your name on DN! My wife was watching it, and she said, “Hey! They just mentioned Brad Blog on Democracy NOW!”
Thank you, Amy, and thank you, Brad!