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Media outlets calling out it's competitors?
Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 10:40 PM on 09.14.11 |
| ->> Also, title edit: should be Its not it is... |
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Brett Clark, Photographer
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Elizabeth City | NC | USA | Posted: 12:04 AM on 09.15.11 |
| ->> I could see this stirring up controversy in the community where I work. Therefore it would be appropriate for a competing publication to report on the issue. However, I question the validity of this story considering the only one's speaking up were a city leader and sheriff flipping through the publication in a random parking lot. |
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Greg Kendall-Ball, Photographer, Assistant
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Abilene | TX | USA | Posted: 2:53 AM on 09.15.11 |
->> Our paper recently published the salaries (and names) of every school district, county and city employee. Even though this is all public information, more than a few people were upset at what they called a "breach of privacy."
One of the local TV stations sent a crew to interview our editor-in-chief about why we did the stories we did...and then got a bunch of people to talk about how upset they were. Some real nice, unbiased reporting on their part... |
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Jamey Price, Photographer, Assistant
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Charlotte | NC | USA | Posted: 8:39 AM on 09.15.11 |
| ->> I wasn't aware reporting was supposed to be unbiased.... |
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Wesley R. Bush, Photographer
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Murfreesboro | TN | U.S. | Posted: 10:10 AM on 09.15.11 |
->> Criticism of a competitor is fair game. If the school itself had published a student guide publication with the same ads, your paper might have even written about the same issues.
You're surprised someone might question the appropriateness of running drug and sex store ads in paper geared toward incoming students? Really? Sure, it's legal. But the nature of those businesses surely can't be lost on an editor. He can't be that out of touch. Ok with the reaction? Sure. Surprised by it? I hope not.
My concern is about the quality of the response video. Needs to be more refined. Looks like a college paper put it together. It's not new-age to intentionally create hand-held shake and to rack the focus back and forth during the interview -- it's an attempt to copy a style that doesn't make sense in this context. |
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Nic Coury, Photographer
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Monterey | CA | | Posted: 12:13 PM on 09.15.11 |
->> @Wesley,
We did it that way as a parody.
And I'm not overly surprised that there was controversy. We've had complaints since we started running medical marijuana ads in the regular paper. |
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Max Gersh, Photographer
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Rockford | IL | USA | Posted: 12:23 PM on 09.15.11 |
->> I think it is fair to say that no matter what, newspapers piss people off. Articles, ads, and pictures all upset someone. It's not our job to cater to everyone's sensitivity.
The best advice I ever received was right after I ran something controversial at my college paper. My professor told me not to argue back with the criticism. There was no point. Instead, be the rock in the stream. All the criticism will wash over you. When it passes, you're in the same place you were before and everyone has forgotten what made them angry in the first place. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 4:03 PM on 09.15.11 |
| ->> I watched it and I found it interesting how the tv station edited out the part where he (the publisher) called the tv "reporter" out for trying to say the opposite of what he said and then questioned her station's purported journalism for even doing a story. I would bet they have plenty of ads on their station late at night that offend people.....typical local television news bullsh$t...nothing to see here...move along. |
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