On the Flint Journal's website is a story about Flint's Mayor Don Williamson sending an aid to Washington, D.C. to convince Congress to send a $5,000 car voucher to every taxpaying household in the country.Before I get too far along with this, for my many new readers outside of Michigan, you have to understand that Mayor Don Williamson is a very, very interesting character. A long time ago he was convicted of a felony, later made a fortune building car parts and dumping manure on picket lines during strikes at his Owosso company, but somehow later convinced a majority of Flint residents, many of them union workers, that he was the answer to pull Flint out of the doldrums.
The doldrums remain, but Don, in an effort to frighten off a coming recall election, seems to be doing what he does best, buy votes. And as you can see by the picture is planning a run for governor of Michigan. Just when you didn't things could get worse here.
My only beef is that the online story makes not one mention that Don Williamson and his wife own a large GM dealership and would directly benefit from such a voucher program. Shouldn't there have been some mention or disclaimer in a story about that?
I'm not necessarily blaming the reporter because this had to go through an editor or two, but that is a hole in the story big enough to drive a big GM truck through.
Some of the comments in the story refer to those holes. You can read them all here:
2 comments:
The Journal should post raw copy up on a server so that readers can act as line editors and copy editors. They seem to be able to identify major holes in stories better than paid reporters and editors.
Wikijournal!
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