tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post5850066750710845606..comments2023-09-16T13:22:55.052-04:00Comments on freefromeditors: Media drops the ball on Flint City Council raceJim of L-Townhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-22157002398458612512013-11-08T12:04:25.562-05:002013-11-08T12:04:25.562-05:00Only in Flint...
As far as what the frirst "A...Only in Flint...<br />As far as what the frirst "Anonymous" said: Jim may not have been perfect (none of us are) but he was a damn good reporter, and he points these things out because of his love of the craft. Better to try to learn from it, than act like a child who has just been scolded.Jim Larkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-43800630265565069472013-11-07T20:33:30.513-05:002013-11-07T20:33:30.513-05:00I would quit my job if something like this happene...I would quit my job if something like this happened on my watch.<br /><br />What's equally sad is that thousands of people in Flint knew about this, yet apparently The Flint Journal -- or whatever it is now -- has made itself so irrelevant that no one bothered to phone in a tip. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-4719413487095647672013-11-07T12:57:48.914-05:002013-11-07T12:57:48.914-05:00Really? These super digital, high-tech reporters w...Really? These super digital, high-tech reporters with their backpacks and iPhones and traveling computers don't as much as Google a candidate? As for checking the Journal library, it doesn't exist anymore. To Anon 11:25, it's not about badmouthing, everybody makes mistakes. This is basic reporting 101. Know the background of your subject. These days it doesn't take much more than a Google check. I hope Jon Stewart hears about this....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-57401654238173566812013-11-07T11:48:57.351-05:002013-11-07T11:48:57.351-05:00Definitely not perfect. But I would be horribly sa...Definitely not perfect. But I would be horribly sad if I missed a story as great as a convicted murderer running for office. I agree with you about the current poor conditions for journalists. I blame management more than the reporters. Jim of L-Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-48321000411079288842013-11-07T11:25:33.185-05:002013-11-07T11:25:33.185-05:00It is frightfully easy to badmouth reporters and e...It is frightfully easy to badmouth reporters and editors. Were you so perfect? There is only a "youth movement" in the field because pay and benefits have been cut so deeply it's a young persons game. No one ever became a journalist to get rich. Now they're lucky to get a job at all. So kind of you to point these problems out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com