Comments on: Is a Local Only Editorial Policy Smart? http://pjnet.org/post/1585/ Public Journalism Network Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Chris Clonts http://pjnet.org/post/1585/#comment-2516 Chris Clonts Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:51:57 +0000 http://pjnet.org/post/1585/#comment-2516 To call it a "local only" policy is misleading. It's clearly a "local primarily" policy. Nobody is saying that Twin Cities residents don't need a voice in national and international issues. There is a tendency to, when faced with the changes our paper is going through, fall prey to the fallacy of the false dilemma: It's either national or local. A or B. Arts coverage or no arts coverage. News for young people vs. news for seniors. In fact, the reality is frequently that there are more choices than A or B. There are combinations of both. The editorial page never did only national issues before. They'll not do only local issues going forward. Thanks. To call it a “local only” policy is misleading. It’s clearly a “local primarily” policy.

Nobody is saying that Twin Cities residents don’t need a voice in national and international issues.

There is a tendency to, when faced with the changes our paper is going through, fall prey to the fallacy of the false dilemma: It’s either national or local. A or B. Arts coverage or no arts coverage. News for young people vs. news for seniors. In fact, the reality is frequently that there are more choices than A or B. There are combinations of both.

The editorial page never did only national issues before. They’ll not do only local issues going forward.

Thanks.

]]> By: Leonard Witt http://pjnet.org/post/1585/#comment-2515 Leonard Witt Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:10:12 +0000 http://pjnet.org/post/1585/#comment-2515 Yikes, I knew that. More proof that everyone needs an editor. Thanks Bill. It's fixed. Yikes, I knew that. More proof that everyone needs an editor. Thanks Bill. It’s fixed.

]]> By: Bill Hammond http://pjnet.org/post/1585/#comment-2514 Bill Hammond Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:34:27 +0000 http://pjnet.org/post/1585/#comment-2514 Uh, that's JIM Boyd, Mr. Witt, sir. Uh, that’s JIM Boyd, Mr. Witt, sir.

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