tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post6695504786121577245..comments2023-04-01T06:34:38.141-05:00Comments on Hyde Park Progress: Herald's Chicken: How to Write a Slanted Account of the DH Meetingchicago pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-78367164129115541002008-08-17T00:14:00.000-05:002008-08-17T00:14:00.000-05:00The Herald is a real newspaper in 2008 like Pravda...The <I>Herald</I> is a real newspaper in 2008 like <I>Pravda</I> was a real newspaper in 1962.<BR/><BR/><I>Longtime demagogue, Greg Lane</I><BR/><BR/>I was wondering where my favorite NIMBY bullhorn/sockpuppet had been lately. Spicer and company are bringing in the big guns for this one!<BR/><BR/>A bit off topic, but has anyone ever considered advertising HPP around the area? Flyers on campus, on bulletin boards around the neighborhood, etc. Someone needs to balance out the distortions and plain old B.S. lies the <I>Herald</I> keeps spewing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-73283819743573486792008-08-16T20:53:00.000-05:002008-08-16T20:53:00.000-05:00I was surprised that the HPH did not break in its ...I was surprised that the HPH did not break in its new "breaking news" feature in its website with a story about this meeting because it came right before publicatin the week before. Instead they used the story about the U buying up land in Bronzeville at the same time they put up the Wednesday edition featuring the same story. What's breaking about that?edjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593866936717576973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-40683051595098164222008-08-16T14:00:00.000-05:002008-08-16T14:00:00.000-05:00We won't know whether misquotes and omissions in t...We won't know whether misquotes and omissions in the Herald's Doctors Hospital story were results of the reporting or the work of the editors. We do know that the story was published a week after the public meeting, so the editors and publisher would have had plenty of time (probably too much time) in which to edit and/or rewrite.<BR/><BR/>Someone in Hyde Park Progress noted that the Herald has more or less stopped writing editorials, and instead puts heavy slants on its news stories. In the August 13 Herald, there actually was an editorial on the editorial page. It was exactly seven and one-half lines long; it said absolutely nothing, other than to speculate and grease rumors regarding U of C land purchases west of Washington Park. Grade-school journalism, anyone?Richard Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773215580457414540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-35561745663053470222008-08-16T12:49:00.000-05:002008-08-16T12:49:00.000-05:00edj - there's always the New York Times.edj - there's always the New York Times.Famachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11117327917074489292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-57108224772834815192008-08-16T12:18:00.000-05:002008-08-16T12:18:00.000-05:00So the Herald reporter on this article misquoted L...So the <I>Herald</I> reporter on this article misquoted Landmarks Illinois president Jim Peters, and U of C Vice President Susan Campbell; and she ignored the viewpoint of one of Hyde Park's (and Chicago's) major cultural draws, the MSI, all in ways that manage to support the preservationist viewpoint.<BR/><BR/>At a real newspaper, reporters could be fired for this kind of thing.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-41932318286397700812008-08-16T12:07:00.000-05:002008-08-16T12:07:00.000-05:00Alderman Hairston's throne roomBrilliant.Hell hath...<I>Alderman Hairston's throne room</I><BR/><BR/>Brilliant.<BR/><BR/>Hell hath no fury like an Alder(woman) scorned.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-80325622546547726232008-08-16T07:41:00.000-05:002008-08-16T07:41:00.000-05:00I wonder where these reporters go after they leave...I wonder where these reporters go after they leave the Herald. Doing this type of work can't help them get new jobs after they leave the Herald, especially when there are fewer reporting jobs out there and more competition for those jobs. The Herald editors and publisher are not doing these reporters any favors with their lack of emphasis on basic reporting skills.edjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593866936717576973noreply@blogger.com