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Eli Stokols 
Thu Sep 27, 2012 at 15:24:35 PM MST
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When a politician makes himself available to the press, and reporters, in turn, ask good questions, everyone benefits.
Case in point, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's interviews with Denver TV stations.
He's now sat down for one-on-one conversations with Channel's 7, 9, and 31, and what's left on the table? A trail of information that's actually useful for voters on both sides of the aisle.
In his latest Denver TV interview, aired yesterday, Ryan was interviewed by New7's Theresa Marchetta. Here's a segment of her report:
"For women voters who are fiscally conservative.. but pro choice.. what do you say to those voters?" Marchetta asked.
"People may not agree with us on these social issues [Ryan is against all abortion, even in the case of rape and incest]. Let's just agree to disagree and be respectful of each other at that time. But right now, we've got to get people back to work," Ryan said.
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 at 08:49:08 AM MST
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From one side of The Denver Post Wed., Political Editor Chuck Plunkett told me that The Post doesn't like to "cry in public about having a rough time getting someone to talk to us."
Then, from the darker side of The Post, Editorial Page Editor Curtis Hubbard, wrote on The Post's Spot blog, that he has a "hunch" that FOX 31's Eli Stokols' strategy of calling Mitt Romney out for avoiding the press in Colorado will pay off. Hubbard wrote:
Eli throws a bomb: I don't know that I've ever seen a reporter publicly criticize a campaign for their media strategy/declining interview requests. Fox 31′s Eli Stokols didn't hold back in his criticism of the Romney camp today. Just a hunch, but I bet his strategy pays off.
So I asked Hubbard, via email, why he didn't use Stokols' tactic, when he had Plunkett's job.
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 at 14:39:50 PM MST
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One of the many things professional journalism needs to do to survive is fight back.
For example, as I've discussed before, when politicians slam the "media" or "The Denver Post," as having a liberal bias, reporters should ask them for the evidence, not act as if an insult has not been hurled at them.
And when political candidates like Mitt Romney slide into Colorado, take questions from friendly talk-show hosts, and slide away, journalists should call them out on it--so we are informed that a candidate is avoiding questions but also so we know that journalists are trying to do their jobs, to ask questions on our behalf.
You'd think most journalists would agree, but this doesn't seem to be the case. Otherwise you'd see more journalism, like the kind Fox 31's Eli Stokols produced today, in the form of an "Open Letter to Team Romney."
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