Whenever I hear the figure 15,000 cited as the number of journalists covering the DNC in Denver, that “What exactly would you say you do here?” line from Office Space comes to mind. Justin Peters of the Columbia Journalism Review fills us in with this humorous account. Here’s the lede:
There are apparently 15,000 journalists attending the Democratic National Convention. Here is what some of them are doing: 14,000 are wearing terrible suits. 7,500 aren’t doing much at all. This isn’t surprising. Only a small number of reporters actually have a reason to be here.
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