Peculiar Timing
The latest media dustup concerns reporter Gwen Ifill (NewsHour, Washington Week), who has written a book scheduled for release on Inauguration Day 2009. Her book apparently covers Obama (favorably, could it be otherwise?) as part of a new wave of black politicians.
Normally, political books are released during the campaign, not after. So Ifill and her publisher are not very concerned with sales figures. What would they be interested in? Anybody ready for Press Secretary Ifill?
