Wonder who penned caption to this story on InsiderAdvantage increasing coverage: Pettys, Baxter & Reese Will Step-Up Responsible, Cutting-Edge Reports

Dick Pettys with the late Speaker Tom Murphy (photograph from the Cracker Squire Archives in a 1-20-07 post entitled "A Reporter Remembers Tom Murphy" that is a true Dick Pettys keeper)

I am just curious why anyone in the world would think such coverage, since it is coming from InsiderAdvantage Georgia, would be anything but responsible. If it says it is responsible, then most assuredly it is responsible.

We know this from the Fox News Channel. It says it is fair and balanced, and thus those who might contend its news reporting and political commentary promote conservative political positions are mistaken.

From InsiderAdvantage Georgia under the headline "Pettys, Baxter and Reese Will Step-Up Responsible, Cutting-Edge Reports":

[The parent company of InsiderAdvantageGeorgia] announced today that it will expand its reporting staff for the 2010 political season. Editor Dick Pettys will be joined by Southern Political Report editor and former top AJC political correspondent Tom Baxter in covering this year’s legislative session and political races. James Magazine (an InsiderAdvantage publication) will add its editor, Gary Reese, to the mix. Mr. Reese will incorporate his investigative and research reporting to the online site as well as the magazine.

CEO Matt Towery will continue to provide polling and analysis as well as his nationally syndicated column for Creators Syndicate.

Said Towery, “Today’s vote for a new GOP nominee for Speaker of the House is the perfect time to let our readers know that top professionals with years of experience will be covering Georgia politics for our organization every day. Our polling division proved to be extremely accurate in races such as that for mayor of Atlanta and combining that with names like Pettys and Baxter gives our subscribers the very best opportunity to have cutting edge and responsible reporting of the issues and intricacies of politics in Georgia this coming year.
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And just so there is no mistake that I am just having a little fun with the above-quoted headline, my respect and admiration for Dick Pettys and Tom Baxter are reflected in numerous past posts on this blog, the most recent of which was about Tom in a 12-19-09 post featuring his photograph along with these words:

Tom Baxter, shown above with yours truly, is a former AJC Political Correspondent, reporter, Sunday perspective editor and national editor. He was and remains one of the best of the best, writing about politics in Georgia, the South and the nation since 1987.

I sure used to enjoy his contributions to the Political Insider and the AJC. In 2007 Tom took early retirement from the AJC and became senior vice president and editor of the Southern Political Report.

And in a 3-24-08 post I described Dick Pettys as being "among Georgia's elite," and in a 9-16-07 post
I wrote about Dick:

Last year Dick Pettys was named editor of InsiderAdvantage Georgia after a distinguished 36-year career with the Associated Press. During that time Mr. Pettys -- one of this State's most knowledgeable writers and resources on Georgia history and politics -- covered Georgia government and politics.

When you you read one of his stories it is most obvious that he not only knows the subject matter and background, but he knows the players as well.