Useless news

From the local yokel press comes word of a a guy running for the local state senate seat. He's ID'd in the head of both stories as a blogger, yet neither one sees fit to mention what he blogs about, let alone the name of his blog, let alone its URL. (They are Politicalcortex and epluribusmedia). Now I can't believe that it didn't occur to any reporter and/or editor that what someone ID'd as a blogger blogs about might be of interest to readers/voters. So is it ignorance, laziness, or the old "we're the only news source you need" refusal to link out to anyone else at all? Either way, it's absurd. The Poughkeepsie Journal, btw, is Gannett. So much for news you can use.