Meet the trainer behind Journalism, the horse favored to win the Kentucky Derby
Now may be a tough time for journalism -- unless you're a horse, Journalism is your name and you're favored to win the Kentucky Derby. And Michael McCarthy, Journalism's trainer, has been in the game long enough to know horses like this don't come along very often. Jim Axelrod reports.
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