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Re: Easley blames 24/7 news cycle

justacommenter — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:00:45 -0500

WOW! and to think if he wasn't doing anything corrupt......he wouldn't have to be so defensive! this guy is a joke. blame the news, easley.....without it I bet you could have gotten away with alot! Scary to think that this is what is running our government. sure if you don't do something right....it's the news' fault for telling it.

Re: Easley blames 24/7 news cycle

bellaparola — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:03:13 -0500

"My job is to be nice to other people and their job is to be nice to me."

Say WHAT? If he truly believes either half of that equation, I am simply dumbfounded. Speechless.

Re: Easley blames 24/7 news cycle

j1c2kp — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:43:00 -0500

Does Mickey need a little cheese to go with that whine?

Re: Easley blames 24/7 news cycle

FloydTurbo — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:02:39 -0500

As thick as dictionaries and thesaurus are .... they fail to contain words that adequately describe Mike Easley. With the expectations bar for Governor-Elect Dumpling set at the lowest possible level by even her stauncest supporters, all Bev has to do to outshine this galoot is go an entire week without totally embarrassing herself, the state and the human race.

Mary should book Mike to speak at NCSU on the subject of how such a spineless, gutless human managed to earn the enthusiastic support of both the N&O and its Charlotte sister paper for both of his gubernatorial campaigns.

Easley blames 24/7 news cycle

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:13:03 -0500

Gov. Mike Easley said the "24/7 press cycle" has led to criticism of him.

In an exit interview with Mark Binker of the Greensboro News-Record, Easley said that the increased demand for news online had led to "gotcha" journalism.

"There's a 24/7 press cycle now," he said. "People calling all night long. They want access to the governor all the time ... So that's created a lot of competition, especially on the print side the pressure has been downsizing and original content. Original content is gotcha stories."

Easley said the Charlotte Observer and the Raleigh News & Observer had been hardest on him of state media because his administration would not release e-mails relating to personnel matters and corporate recruiting.

He said a recent series on problems with the probation system was a "hatchet job" on Correction Secretary Theodis Beck, though he argued that probationers killings are better than they used to be said the death of Eve Carson was being unfairly blamed on the system.

"Some young lady gets brutally murdered by a couple of probationers ... it's now the probation officers fault," he said. "When are we going to start holding some of these people accountable and get some of these executions going again?"

Easley said he tries to be fair to the media for his part.

"I try to keep my side of the window clean," he said. "My job is to be nice to other people and their job is to be nice to me. Just 'cause they're not doing theirs, doesn't mean I shouldn't do mine."