Election Season by the Passes
This is my Arizona election season summed up in press passes.
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Now that they’re scanned in and the paper is about to be thrown out this is the first time I’ve looked at them all together. I’ve also noticed a few things that I didn’t see before.
- Ted Cruz didn’t even get his name on the pass. The Keep the Promise PAC took top billing.
- Hillary Clinton only used her logo on both the pass for her event (March 21) and Bill Clinton’s event (March 20).
- The Donald Trump passes were the only ones handed out with a neck lanyard. The rest used safety pins. The lanyard from Fountain Hills was better than one I had, so I used it as an upgrade.
Regardless of personal politics, covering these events offers quite a bit of insight that doesn’t come across in the news reports. But at the end of the day, it’s just another person giving a speech in bad light.