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Sheriff Looking To Order Some Heavy Iron
Typo alert in second graf. Oh, what the loss of an "l" will do . . .— June 4, 2011 4:10 p.m.
Boycott U-T, Says Arts Writer
a2zresource 2, Don's blog at The Reader has readers at the North County Times (me, for example), who are keenly interested. I'm glad Don is keeping up the coverage, and that others comment here with their own findings.— November 8, 2010 2:21 p.m.
Proposition D Thumbed Down Overwhelmingly
>>I am predicting CA and NY will be asking the Feds to bail them out-much like the TARP money did the last 2 years.<< The new GOP House is extremely unlikely to agree to such bailouts.— November 3, 2010 11:41 a.m.
County Unemployment Rate Jumps to 10.8%
Don @36, You can see what the U-T's print edition looks like through its e-edition, which costs about $8 a month. It looks exactly like the print edition.— August 23, 2010 7:13 a.m.
County Unemployment Rate Jumps to 10.8%
Here's a good take on the redesign by ex-San Diegan Howard Owens: http://www.howardowens.com/node/7353 "The redesign features fewer stories on the front page, more space for graphics and the name plate has been changed to the snappier "U-T" rather than the apparently more cumbersome "Union-Tribune." The amount of actual news on the front page has been greatly reduced (and if you compare it to a San Diego Union or Evening Tribune front page of 1971, tremendously reduced). "While the redesign story says the U-T is recommitting to watchdog journalism and more in-depth coverage, everything else screams 'we want to be the web in print.' "The trend of snappier, more graphic printed newspapers began decades ago, but I continue to maintain that it's no coincidence that as newspapers have moved toward trying to be more like magazines, or now, the web, readership has declined."— August 22, 2010 7:14 p.m.
County Unemployment Rate Jumps to 10.8%
SurfPuppy619 @21, You're right of course about the SD Reader having long done the real watchdog reporting on the city's fiscal irresponsibility, that the Union-Tribune hasn't. Still, the new Watchdog group has done some good stories along those lines, including one on A-1 today. While admittedly tardy, and lagging behind the Reader and VOSD, it's still an improvement over the U-T's awful record of edifice-complex boosterism. Refriedgringo @22, I'm trying to give the new U-T design a fair hearing, although right now I don't like it at all. The ALL CAPS headlines look crappy and the text is hard to read. I also don't like the graphics that look pretty but don't inform. Case in point: Saturday's large biz-front graphic of syrup on pancakes spelling a dollar sign. It was with the story about fast-food places looking for profits at breakfast. That was a waste of precious print space.— August 22, 2010 6:10 p.m.
Bridgepoint Brass Dumping Stock
#47, "In this piece, some institutions mentioned are University of Phoenix, DeVry, and Kaplan. Guess which one is NOT mentioned? Bridgepoint of course. Did the entire syndicate piece have more meat? Probably, and there's a good probability that Bridgepoint, big as it claims to be, was also mentioned, but edited out in Mission valley." I read the article at the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/education/14col… at the New York Times, and Bridgepoint wasn't mentioned. But it is certainly worthwhile for the U-T and the North County Times (where I work), to look into Bridgepoint's status in this matter.— August 15, 2010 8:28 p.m.
San Diego News Network Pulls the Plug
"Mr. Bauder sets a civilized tone in his stories and responses which generally does not provoke the wayward blogger." Taking part in the comments as Don does helps a lot. I often hear reporters complain about comments on their stories being a snakepit of malice. But they don't comment on the stories to guide the discussion. A human being with a name that interacts with readers helps to cultivate interesting discussions. And the reporter may get story ideas.— July 24, 2010 11:16 a.m.
Lest We Forget: Pension Woes Worse Than Ever
The U-T is pushing the sales tax hike on A-1: Tragedy renews sales-tax debate Rate hike would end policy of ‘brownouts’ A proposed sales tax increase for the city of San Diego was going nowhere just two weeks ago, but the tragic choking death of a 2-year-old boy has given city leaders a newfound sense of urgency and possibly enough support to put the proposal on the November ballot. The City Council will decide Tuesday whether to ask voters if they want a half-cent sales-tax increase that would raise an estimated $103 million annually and erase a budget deficit that forced the city to cut many basic services, most notably the decision for “brownouts” that idle up to eight fire engines a day to save on overtime. Bentley Do choked on a gum ball and died Tuesday night. City paramedics didn’t arrive at his Mira Mesa home until 9½ minutes after receiving the 911 call. Authorities said the delay in response was due to the city’s brownout plan although it’s impossible to know whether Bentley would have survived had paramedics arrived sooner. While the boy’s death has brought renewed focus on firefighter and paramedic response times, it remains to be seen whether there are enough votes on the eight-member council — six are required — to place the sales-tax measure on the ballot. . . http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/23/tr…— July 23, 2010 7:19 a.m.
Lest We Forget: Pension Woes Worse Than Ever
<i>On a side note. the SDUT published a piece today, a sort of mea culpa, tongue in cheek, admission about the ballpark study being biased.</i> <a href="http://sdrostra.com/?p=6812">I posted about that story today at SD Rostra</a>, giving due credit to Don and Richard Rider, who pointed out last week the issues with the study that the Union-Tribune talked about this week. That's an excellent example of blogs beating the traditional media. Maybe that caused the new U-T management to think twice. They can't let that continue if they wish to remain the most significant news source in the county. It's also worth noting that the story was written by the paper's Watchdog investigative team, which has a mandate to guard the public trust. That sets up a tension between that team and the U-T's more boosterish faction, most notably its editorial board, author of last week's awful, cringe-inducing advertisement for Petco Park's economic stimulus. (Stuff like that is why I think newspapers shouldn't publish unsigned editorials. Let those who stand behind such ill-informed cheerleading put their names to it.)— July 23, 2010 1:06 a.m.