David Seifman
Journalists on Giuliani: The Surge, The Coverage to Blame for Campaign's Failure
Two reporters who covered Rudy Giuliani when he was mayor gave their post-mortem on his presidential campaign on NY1 News last night.
“You can say to some extent Rudy was the victim of the surge," said Joel Siegel, formerly with the Daily News but now at ABC News. "In a way, things are improving, or seem to be improve in Iraq.”
Siegel continued, “He lost the rational of electing somebody who is very, very strong, or who is running on the argument of being strong on national security.”
“It seems to me,” said David Seifman, City Hall Bureau Chief for the New York Post, “that coverage of Rudy in the presidential race took off, from some extent, from his years at City Hall. I mean, he antagonized so many reporters that got their chance to get even this time around.
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Events for December 7, 2006
The directors of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation meet at LMDC headquarters.
The Israel Project hosts a briefing with Silvan Shalom, a Likud Party member and former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister at the offices of Skadden-Arps.
The National Employment Law Project releases a report on restoring New York's unemployment insurance program at the Mason Tenders District Council of Greater New York.
The Assembly holds a hearing on the high rate of suicide attempts by Asian and Hispanic women at 250 Broadway.
Ground will be broken for new low-income housing at 115 West 137th Street, at Seventh Avenue.
Environmentalists will hold a rally in support of accused "eco-terrorist" Daniel McGowan in Foley Square.
The Stonewall Democrats host their annual holiday party at the LGBT center.
—Nicole Brydson
