Michigan and Arizona held their GOP primaries Tuesday, and Mitt Romney came away with two much-needed victories. The Denver Post had light coverage of the primaries heading into the night. Around 1 a.m. Tuesday, an article was published on the main page previewing the upcoming night. What was interesting about this article was it was written in past tense. For example, here is the lead:
Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum collided Tuesday in a rancorous Michigan primary that tested the clout of the GOP establishment against conservative and tea party rebels as well as the candidates themselves.Arizona Republicans voted in the second primary of the night, and Romney was favored by far in that race that drew scant attention.
If I did not know any better, I would have said that this article was written after the primaries, but it was on their website the entire day. I felt like this was bad coverage by the Post, to have just one AP article on their website, written the way it was.
Later in the night, the Post had two videos in its website, one less than a minute highlighting Romney's win in Michigan, and one under three minutes, focusing on the close race in Michigan. The Post also had a photo slideshow from the Michigan primaries, as I have come to expect from them.
The coverage did not last long, as it was removed from the homepage the next day, and replaced with nothing about what Romney's wins mean for the GOP race or previewing Super Tuesday. Overall, I was disappointed with the Denver Post's coverage on an important night for the GOP primaries, especially in regards to the lone AP article on its website for much of primary night.
Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum collided Tuesday in a rancorous Michigan primary that tested the clout of the GOP establishment against conservative and tea party rebels as well as the candidates themselves.Arizona Republicans voted in the second primary of the night, and Romney was favored by far in that race that drew scant attention.
If I did not know any better, I would have said that this article was written after the primaries, but it was on their website the entire day. I felt like this was bad coverage by the Post, to have just one AP article on their website, written the way it was.
Later in the night, the Post had two videos in its website, one less than a minute highlighting Romney's win in Michigan, and one under three minutes, focusing on the close race in Michigan. The Post also had a photo slideshow from the Michigan primaries, as I have come to expect from them.
The coverage did not last long, as it was removed from the homepage the next day, and replaced with nothing about what Romney's wins mean for the GOP race or previewing Super Tuesday. Overall, I was disappointed with the Denver Post's coverage on an important night for the GOP primaries, especially in regards to the lone AP article on its website for much of primary night.
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