Media's appallingly thin coverage of Clinton's crucial Chipotle visit

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Jonathan Chait ‏@jonathanchait 27m27 minutes ago
Read @j_fuller on the media's appallingly thin coverage of Clinton's crucial Chipotle visit http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/04/there-are-so-many-more-questions-about-chipotle.html?mid=twitter_nymag …



According to Lexis-Nexis, fewer than 300 stories have been written about Hillary Clinton's trip to a Chipotle in Ohio on Monday. The press should be embarrassed. If reporters were truly interested in uncovering all the facts about what the presidential candidate knew about her decision to order a chicken burrito bowl and when she knew it, thousands of articles would have already been published about this moment, the most seminal event of the 2016 race thus far.

However, Americans do know a lot more about Clinton's involvement in the Chipotle order than we did three days ago. Here's a quick guide to what has been uncovered.

How did we first learn about the Hillary Clinton trip to Chipotle?
The world would have likely never learned the details about Clinton's lunch stop outside of Toledo, Ohio, had reporters not requested previously unseen surveillance footage of the presidential candidate ordering food from Chipotle employees. Without this once secret video, Hillary would have gotten away with eating lunch without proper scrutiny.

How many napkins did the campaign use?
As Jon Stewart pointed out earlier this week, the answer to this question remains alarmingly unknown.

Was she actually just robbing the Chipotle?
CNN's Chris Cuomo concedes, "That is what it looked like

How has the international community responded to the Chipotle visit?
Vicky Frost, a writer at the Guardian, called the lunch stop "flawless," and said that "British politicians have a lot to learn from" the moment.


read more of what's been uncovered: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/04/there-are-so-many-more-questions-about-chipotle.html?mid=twitter_nymag


This picture of Hillary Clinton eating tacos during her 2008 presidential campaign offers an inside look of what her meal at Chipotle may have looked like. Photo: Danny Moloshok/Reuters/Corbis

[whatchamacallit]

1. Hahahaha awesome!

[doxyluv13]

2. thanks for the laugh, bigtree.

Seems like she avoided falling into the carnitas trap as well.

[KamaAina]

10. How come no one has asked her about her position on Carnitasgate?

Seeing as how Chipotle's menu is the cornerstone of her campaign.

[still_one]

3. Sadly, some circles might actually believe there is a cover up

[KittyWampus]

4. did she floss afterwards?

[still_one]

5. so it is a cover-up

[bigtree]

6. typical

...these substantive issues dropped like a hot tamale.

[geek tragedy]

7. Did she use a coupon? Was this coupon available to everyone?

Did she verify that the cashier was an American citizen and not an undocumented immigrant?

[KamaAina]

8. So far none of the pundits have noted that she has switched from tacos to burrito bowls.

This is highly significant.

[KamaAina]

9. British politicians have a lot to learn from the moment?

I don't think they even have Chipotle over there.

[brooklynite]

11. Was the surveillance video stored on a private server?

And how did the media get it before Wikileaks?

[gratuitous]

12. Next thing you know, she'll be having orange juice with her breakfast

We know how much the mainstream media hate, Hate, HATE that!

http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2008/04/17/orange-juice-is-it-possible-fo/

[11 Bravo]

13. It gets worse! "Burrito Bowl" is an anagram for Rut, rob, I blow.

She's clearly sending a hidden message to her criminal and sexually promiscuous supporters.
Also, BENGHAZI!

[bigtree]

14. »

[BrotherIvan]

15. King Taco whips Chipotle's ass!

[Katashi_itto]

16. I want to know about where that food was brought in from...Benghazi???