The phrase “good-for-you, brussels sprouts journalism,” indicates that even though it may not be the juiciest or most interesting news, the Texas Tribune’s job is to provide coverage of politics and policy of the Texas state government. The strength of the phrase is that it shows that the Texas Tribune will stick by their standards even when a huge incident such as the Ford Hood shootings is happening in their vicinity. The weakness of it is that vegetables like brussels sprouts have to be force fed to children and many others eat it just because it is good for you, not because they like it; so the news that the Texas Tribune is providing may not interest many people if this phrase is true, but I believe that many people would be interested if someone was able to provide unbiased coverage of government.
David Carr doesn’t provide enough background on other news organizations and why the Texas Tribune feels that they can do a better job covering their section of the news than anyone else can. He also states that, “What really sets the Tribune apart is not a workable design and good intentions, but its effort to build a durable model for journalism in the future.” He doesn’t explain what that durable model is.
I think there is a slight bias in the article because of the people that he quoted (they were almost all from the Texas Tribune). I’m not sure if that was intentional, but since he had so many quotes from the Tribune, his writing was naturally bias to their point of view.