I should understand journalists but I don't (2)

Then again, when the other side of the country presents its policy plans it is duly noted. Not a couple of paragraphs, no: a full chapter on the digital divide, Web 2.0, opening up public tenders to small(er) companies, use of open source standards, exchange of free software between government institutions, ... and a number of other ideas and initiatives. Granted: the proof of the pudding is in the eating, whether you announce your policies in paragraphs of in chapters .... but why do we find it so hard to admit that this has more beef than what 'we' did ourselves?