Talk about your slow news days: In today's WP, Dana Milbank explicates the purpose and pedigree of pool reports, an exercise that could be described as "inside baseball," but baseball is more interesting: "It is . . . the pooler's constant challenge to portray boredom in exciting ways."
WH Pool Report Report: Milbank Goes Meta
WH Pool Report Report: Milbank Goes Meta
WH Pool Report Report: Milbank Goes Meta
Talk about your slow news days: In today's WP, Dana Milbank explicates the purpose and pedigree of pool reports, an exercise that could be described as "inside baseball," but baseball is more interesting: "It is . . . the pooler's constant challenge to portray boredom in exciting ways."