In this age of shouting partisan pundits, U.S. Rep. David Price has a reputation for being, um, calm in his manner and speech. He is, after all, a former political science professor, Barb Barrett reports.
Apparently his town hall meetings are calm too.
Calm enough, at least, that Price told a Washington Post columnist that his town hall this week apparently didn’t warrant television coverage.
Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. wrote today that many Democrats told him their meetings with constituents looked very little like the shouters who have been broadcast on TV. Dionne said the electronic media apparently "went out of their way to cover the noise and ignored the calmer ... encounters."
The most disturbing account came from Rep. David Price of North Carolina, who spoke with a stringer for one of the television networks at a large town-hall meeting he held in Durham.
The stringer said he was one of 10 people around the country assigned to watch such encounters. Price said he was told flatly: "Your meeting doesn't get covered unless it blows up." As it happens, the Durham audience was broadly sympathetic to reform efforts. No "news" there.
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Re: No fuss, no news
September 4, 2009 - 9:40am — freedom12Gee, maybe it's because his "town hall meetings" have been announced at the last minute and have been invite only (i.e. Democrats). His OPEN town hall meetings last winter had a few too many angry people for his liking. He is a wimp who doesn't represent the people living in the 4th District and he needs to get VOTED OUT IN 2010!!!