Comments on: RNR #5: Buying local, you're the editor, National Road trip http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2006/07/rnr-5-buying-local-youre-the-editor-national-road-trip.html A podcast from Richmond, Indiana about media, news and opinion from a different perspective. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:40:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2006/07/rnr-5-buying-local-youre-the-editor-national-road-trip.html#comment-17 Chris Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2006/07/rnr-5-buying-local-youre-the-editor-national-road-trip.html#comment-17 A few quick follow-ups related to this episode: The Pal-Item just started a "<a href="http://extra.pal-item.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=9" rel="nofollow">general feedback</a>" section of their forums, which continues their trend of soliciting input from readers and non-readers alike about how to be a better paper. Great! Related, a listener who shall remain anonymous writes, "<em>[Don't] get into a pissing match with guys who buy ink by the barrel. After listening to today's broadcast, I think you should get someone to start your car for you.</em>" Hmmmm. Was it that bad? I know I'm hard on the Palladium-Item sometimes, but I do try to give them <a href="http://www.chrishardie.com/weblog/archives/2006/05/props-to-the-p-i-for-embracing-conversation-technologies.html" rel="nofollow">positive feedback</a> once in a while too. To be clear: I hold them to a high standard because I think they have an essential role in the image and health of our community - my community. It's nothing personal, and while I know criticism can be done in poor taste (and I'm ready to hear your thoughts on whether or not I've crossed that line), I only strive to add a new voice to the conversation about how news and opinion is shaped and reported in this town. A few quick follow-ups related to this episode:

The Pal-Item just started a "general feedback" section of their forums, which continues their trend of soliciting input from readers and non-readers alike about how to be a better paper. Great!

Related, a listener who shall remain anonymous writes, "[Don't] get into a pissing match with guys who buy ink by the barrel. After listening to today's broadcast, I think you should get someone to start your car for you."

Hmmmm. Was it that bad? I know I'm hard on the Palladium-Item sometimes, but I do try to give them positive feedback once in a while too. To be clear: I hold them to a high standard because I think they have an essential role in the image and health of our community - my community. It's nothing personal, and while I know criticism can be done in poor taste (and I'm ready to hear your thoughts on whether or not I've crossed that line), I only strive to add a new voice to the conversation about how news and opinion is shaped and reported in this town.

]]> By: Jim Rogers http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2006/07/rnr-5-buying-local-youre-the-editor-national-road-trip.html#comment-16 Jim Rogers Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:35:56 +0000 http://www.richmondnewsreview.com/2006/07/rnr-5-buying-local-youre-the-editor-national-road-trip.html#comment-16 Hi Chris, Great idea. I'm passing the URL around. Listening to yesterday's (30/July) show it struck me that the PalItem's disingenuous "support" for buying local and their disingenuous "you be the editor" promotion are idealogical twins. Given that the function of all local papers owned by Gannet is regional production of USA Toady, their bias is hardly surprising. So here is a reply to the "taxpayers shouldn't have to pay more than the absolute minimum" canard: Investing minor increments in procurement to support local businesses makes exactly the same kind of sense as investing buckets full of tax dollars in economic development incentives. Moreover, it's demonstrably effective (as opposed to the tax offsets which are supported by doctrine, not by experience). I know---send it to the PalItem. Perhaps. That asks for a little more care. Keep talking, Jim Hi Chris,
Great idea. I'm passing the URL around.
Listening to yesterday's (30/July) show it struck me that the PalItem's disingenuous "support" for buying local and their disingenuous "you be the editor" promotion are idealogical twins. Given that the function of all local papers owned by Gannet is regional production of USA Toady, their bias is hardly surprising.
So here is a reply to the "taxpayers shouldn't have to pay more than the absolute minimum" canard: Investing minor increments in procurement to support local businesses makes exactly the same kind of sense as investing buckets full of tax dollars in economic development incentives. Moreover, it's demonstrably effective (as opposed to the tax offsets which are supported by doctrine, not by experience).
I know---send it to the PalItem. Perhaps. That asks for a little more care.

Keep talking,
Jim

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