There has apparently been some craziness over the fact that Mayor Bloomberg wasn't at the site of the Staten Island ferry crash this past weekend. He has been getting insistent questions from, among others I'm sure, Josh Robin at NY1 (details reported by the DN's Celeste Katz).

Those who have read this blog for some time know that I'm perfectly willing to take Mayor Bloomberg to task for what I believe he's doing absolutely wrong (education and term limits come to mind quickly). But this is ridiculous!

Michael Bloomberg neither is nor claims to be an expert on the operation of the Staten Island ferry. There is no reason for him to be at the site. Furthermore, we're in the 21st century -- we have all kinds of technology that allows people to be informed fully even if they are thousands of miles away from what's going on, especially if they don't have the particular expertise needed to extract knowledge from being on the spot. If the mayor doesn't want to rush to Staten Island in order to give the phony, hypocritical appearance that he's "on the job," he should be allowed to make that decision. Frankly, he should be applauded for trying to put a stop to that nonsense.

Memo to the mainstream media -- get a clue.