Posted on 09/24/2009 11:57:48 AM PDT by MaxCUA
Managing Editor, Rod Boyce, of the Fairbanks Daily News Newsminer wrote a great piece most of the media need to write. I posted part of the Article:
The Daily News-Miner has had its agreements and disagreements with now-former Gov. Sarah Palin at various points during her time serving the state of Alaska. We have tried to maintain respect for the office of governor and to be generally civil when discussing Mrs. Palin, her policies and the actions she took while serving as governor. The same has been true for the time since she left office. Etc...
“A broad in Asia” headline is what they apologizing for, not snarky dismissal of her conservative policy positions.
The apology begs the question ‘Why was it even written in the first place?’. Why didnt they consider the words prior to printing them? Given their claim of wanting of civil discourse the ‘apology’ has a rather hollow sound.
It wasn't a "mistake", and you know it, you snivelling bolshevik apparatchik.
May your newspaper shrivel up and blow away from lack of sales and may your next career involve paper towels and public toilets.
They thought they were being cute-—”A broad” vs “abroad”-—and it finally backfired.
F@&% the dead air and dead tree media. Flushing them down the toilet with the other waste is too good for them.
I have had a running battle with a local radio station with a couple of morning news people who like to think up ‘clever’ headlines. When a dock worker slipped and fell between a boat and the dock and drowned, their zinger going into the news was “Local dock worker misses the boat.” I can’t imagine being so deprived of consideration that I would use the worst day of some unfortunate family’s life to make myself look cute or clever.
Having worked at a large daily newspaper I can tell you that you would be appalled at the competition in the newsroom for clever headlines, even to the extent they hurt an innocent party.
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