Egghead Sez Press Protected Gibbons

Hmm. This could be an interesting Face To Face program, if only they would show what happens back stage, where most of the best stuff seems to take place:

Also on the program, a journalism professor who told me after the program that she’s discouraged so many Nevada journalists felt the need “to protect” Gov. Jim Gibbons by waiting so long to report on his marital problems. Seems to us at Face to Face only fair to wait till divorce papers have been filed, but thanks to the governor’s COO, Dianne Cornwall, the fractured first family is fair game. (Sun)

As for that final line and Ralston's sense of what's "fair", have a gander at the Gleaner.

What's most perplexing about the Sun's promos for Face to Face is that the printed author is Dana Gentry, the executive producer for the show, but apparently we're supposed to think that Ralston Himself Incarnate is writing the screed.

She seems suspiciously good at aping "his" style, too. Or he's good at hers. You pick.

Elsewhere, somebody writing for Ralston, Inc., tells us that Gibbons declared war on Southern Nevada, and the bidness folk in the Southern Nevada didn't seem to care. Maybe they know that what their puppet says in public doesn't count for as much as what he does for them in private.

Best line in the piece? "And you could feel his approval ratings once again ticking upwards." That was before Damon beat him to the divorce story, tho.