Tools Stolen from Shed
That's one of the latest headlines in the SJ-R's "breaking news" online. "Tools stolen from shed."
Stop the presses!!! Some kids broke into farmer Bob's shed and stole his tools!!! It would be cute if this were the police beat section of the Rochester or New Berlin weekly farm-town paper and not the news daily in our state's capital.
It's annoying enough that the online SJ-R mixes in petty crime updates with their real stories, but this is ridiculous. Overexposing petty crime isn't good reporting and it promotes a distorted, unhealthy view of our community.
Hey, Gatehouse! Passing off police beat updates as headlines is NOT a replacement for hiring reporters to do actual news!
Headline: Decent community newspaper vandalized by poorly managed corporate conglomerate!
Comments
*stands and applauds*
Posted by: Drone | May 31, 2009 11:49 AM
Yes, why didn't that SJ-R even mentioned that scientists at MIT reported that we are at or past the worst case scenario? Irresponsible corporate media is the culprit. However, a counterpoint to my supposition is this: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Earth2100/ that is coming out on June 2nd.
I'm not sure what it would take to get these Earth people to get a wake up call. :-(
Posted by: Moving to Mars.... | May 31, 2009 12:14 PM