Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 10:04pm.
"...the rivalry has been generally nothing but good for journalism here."
Wow, a couple of weeklies tossing snot at each other. Yes. Yes, indeed that is good for local journalism.
Uh, no it's not. Yeah, it's good to have lots of watchdogs eyeballing City Hall but great, or even good, reporting it is not. It's damn entertaining, though. And at least the Merc is fresh. WW is stale as a week-old baguette
"...the rivalry has been generally nothing but good for journalism here."
Wow, a couple of weeklies tossing snot at each other. Yes. Yes, indeed that is good for local journalism.
Uh, no it's not. Yeah, it's good to have lots of watchdogs eyeballing City Hall but great, or even good, reporting it is not. It's damn entertaining, though. And at least the Merc is fresh. WW is stale as a week-old baguette