Over at PressThink, one of the best analyses of journalism around, Jay Rosen really exposes the fatuity of "inside baseball" stories by the NYT's Adam Nagourney. PressThink: Horse Race Now! Horse Race Tomorrow! Horse Race Forever!
But it's really about much more than just Nagourney. It's about the lack of creative thinking by reporters as a group, who rely on easy clichés in lieu of real thinking. It's a long piece and there are more than a dozen comments from some other top-flight journalists. It's well worth your time.
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