The top story today in Boston: the record-low voter turnout at yesterday’s elec­tion. The news­pa­per goes on and on about what they call a “tide of apathy.”

I am infu­ri­ated. Why? Because the Mon­day and Tues­day edi­tions of the Boston Globe said nothing—yes, nothing—about the elec­tions. There were no voter guides, no spec­u­la­tion, no rec­om­men­da­tions, and no dis­cus­sion of the issues. And now, sud­denly it’s big news that nobody cares. Any tide of apa­thy has the agenda-setters to blame: I’m talk­ing about the media.

I wanted to vote this year. I spent an entire after­noon comb­ing the media look­ing for clues. The Boston Elec­tion Depart­ment web site said that there would be a “munic­i­pal elec­tion” in my precinct, but failed to pro­vide any details—no list of can­di­dates or issues. The news­pa­pers and Web were of no help. I’m not going to show up at the polling place if I’m not informed about any­thing. Imag­ine how the gen­eral pub­lic must feel if I am hav­ing trou­ble find­ing this kind of information.