Sheriff Arpaio to police Trump’s Arizona rally
2016
The controversial sheriff tells POLITICO it’s ‘going to be a lot of fun taking care of business there.’
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County is relishing the opportunity to host Donald Trump at a rally on his own turf Saturday — and serve as the muscle at the same time.
After taking a few days off from his long streak of attention-grabbing rallies, Trump is cranking back up this weekend, and has scheduled one of his events right in the backyard of the long-serving and controversial Arizona sheriff.
“Here I’m gonna be kinda wearing two hats — in charge of the security there in the town and also participating, I would imagine, with Trump in the rally, so it makes it interesting,” Arpaio said in an interview with POLITICO, adding that it “is going to be a lot of fun taking care of business there.”
Arpaio, who officially endorsed Trump back in January, said that he’s expecting protests at Saturday’s event. But the 83-year-old sheriff who has repeatedly been accused of racial profiling Hispanic residents says Trump’s clashes pale in comparison to his own.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/donald-trump-joe-arpaio-sheriff-arizona-220980Politico's slip is showing again. What looks to be reporting of a straight news event is so unbalanced for the assignment that it really ought to be in the editorial section. I get the sensation of sliding across the floor as I read it.
Everything from the editors choice of photo, to the multicultural whine and dine section screams biased left wing POV!...take me to the editorial section, quick! But, this is what journalism is today; there's a right wing version, too.
There's nothing wrong with advocacy journalism, as long as it's clearly styled with a by-line and news readers understand what they are reading.
But, for the record, straight reporting should record points of view by culling balanced quotes, giving them equal weight and space in your report. It's called straight reporting of a news event.
Sad how little straight reporting we see today.
