Sloppy n' Choppy

The article, Powerful Women line up for Coakley by Matt Viser in the Boston Globe, is a story about current Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and her quest to become the first Massachusetts U.S. senator. The US senate has always been dominated by men and her story draws eery parallels to another woman who also recently ran for a political position that had always been held by men. If you haven't guessed who it is by now then you really don't deserve to be living in America.

Viser made sure to include a mass of statements from Coakley's female supporters, but failed to get anything significant from her male supporters (besides their names). Although it contained great information, the story did not focus on what the title promised. The title suggested that it was an article about the women who supported Coakley, but that wasn't really the case. It is true that Viser included the statements of these 'powerful women' in his story, but the article focused more on Coakley herself.

Overall, it wasn't good. The story was misnamed and didn't include the detail necessary for giving the reader a full view of the situation. Viser also overdid it on all the quotes of women saying the same thing! It got kind of annoying hearing over-and-over how “We’ve waited a long time for this" or “It... would be groundbreaking." or " It's historic!" Don't beat a dead horse; he should have quoted two of his major sources and just stopped.