Juicy scandal that also is important news is rare, so forgive me if I have a bit of envy over a former colleague’s current circumstances. Some old-timers (and not so old-timers) will remember former Mail Tribune reporter and editor Bill Manny. When I came to the Mail Tribune in 1985 (OK, so I’m old, if not [...]
This is a much-delayed blog about something that happened last week. But it’s still worth a bit of discussion, I think. I got a phone call Friday morning from an unhappy reader, who questioned our coverage of the mine disaster in Utah. On Thursday, three rescue workers were killed in a cave-in as they tried [...]
We just received a comment from a reader that I found a bit odd but that reporters tell me is not unusual. The comment is: Whenever you print a story in which there’s an individual with a Hispanic surname, you should tell the readers whether the person is in the country legally. Wow! I understand that there are [...]
