Astrue's Nomination Widely Ignored

Michael Astrue's nomination to be Commissioner of Social Security has been almost completely ignored by traditional news media. Neither the New York Times, nor the Washington Post, nor even the Baltimore Sun has an article on this development. The Associated Press and Reuters have not carried this information. The Social Security Administration has almost 60,000 employees and pays benefits to almost one American in five, but the appointment of a new head for the agency is not worthy of even a brief article, even in Baltimore, where Social Security has its headquarters. Social Security may be the largest employer in Baltimore, but the major Baltimore newspaper did not even notice the appointment of a new head for the agency.