We're all pundits now

Here's a link to a recent appearance on Nevada Week in Review, it's a local public affairs program here in Las Vegas.

The host invited me on to talk about a beef by Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman over a crack by President Barack Obama.

I won't bore you with the details here, suffice to say Oscar thought Barry slighted Las Vegas during an anti-corporate excess riff that used Sin City as a rhetorical garnish.

So why am I posting this, besides vanity?

Because I'm fascinated with the way print reporters react to television opportunities. Some of my colleagues turn down the offers, reasoning they say their piece in the paper and there's no need to elaborate.

I'm in the other camp. It's a good chance to take a story to a wider audience or give newspaper readers a new way to experience the content.