Sore winner

Published Dec 01 2006, 07:01 PM by Adam Reilly

There are plenty of wince-inducing tidbits in AP reporter Glen Johnson's write-up of governor-elect Deval Patrick's speech to the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association yesterday, but here's my personal favorite:

"Whether it was skepticism, distraction or the cynicism so many of us try to pass off as sophistication, some of your reporters missed `it,'" Patrick said. "And `it' is a bedrock democratic principle: To make any difference in our common reality, people must see their stake again in their neighbors' dreams and struggles, as well as their own. Massachusetts government cannot move forward without Massachusetts people."

Patrick obviously has no reason to take political advice from me, but I'm going to offer some anyway. Deval: if you want to have a good relationship with the press, don't tell them they did a shitty job covering your campaign.