Kudos to the Times-Tribune of Scranton for leaning on city and state officials for information and access. Most notably, the newspaper wrote last week about how reporter Dave Falchek was denied access to a preliminary hearing.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Times-Tribune beating the FOI drum
Kudos to the Times-Tribune of Scranton for leaning on city and state officials for information and access. Most notably, the newspaper wrote last week about how reporter Dave Falchek was denied access to a preliminary hearing.
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Why are you congratulating a newspaper that took two years to figure out the public was barred from arraignments at the prison?
Here's how the lede should have read: The public has been barred from arraignments at the Lackawanna County Prison for two years, a likely violation of constitutional rights. We're making a big deal of it right now because, well, our wine critic just noticed it. Apparently, he's the only sober reporter in our newsroom.
Make NO mistake. Anything at all critical or that can be made to sound critical of events and procedures in Lackawanna County...nothing more than a hardon for Bob Cordaro. They can lie awake counting leprechauns all they want at bedtime and I think they still can't get a good night's sleep after they slammed Corcoran for the last six months of his term then endorsed him and nearly shit themselves when he lost, realizing somehow they had a hand in that. If it ain't first, Irish, followed by Democrat? Those stories are already written, just plug in the name of the guy in office who isn't both. (See Bob Casey reportage.) Not Irish or Democratic means endless rubber chicken events where the highlight is the cuisine alone because there's no knowing winks, nods, slaps on the back or har-har-hars to reassure them that they're connected and have nothing to worry about.
Yeah. The Times "wine critic" recently reviewed a wine called Binsack. I think he called it an overpriced rip off that didn't deliver.
I love that all of a sudden this is an outrage. Where was the paper, TV, Kevin and Nancy the last two years? No one noticed? Then who gives a crap?!? If the media was doing it's job at all instead of just waiting for little stories to be accidentally dumped in their laps we would have known about it. The shame here is the newspaper and those who use the story as a club for the present administration who are obviously and irresponsibly the ones asleep at the switch. Same with the headline today. "Ooh, cost overrun at courthouse." I love the haters who just can't stand the winner of the election and want him out but offer ZERO in the way of better government. Again, Kevin, Nancy, Corbett, all pick it up and run. Tomorrow, headline dujour. Ya know what you "nattering nabobs of negativism?" I can read the paper and get mad, be satiisfied, decide whatever all on my own. Big boy here. I don't need you idiots to regurgitate then try to agitate. You're so transparently vacuous it's beyond sad.
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