[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Save the Strib! It's Your Civic Duty!

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Save the Strib!  It's Your Civic Duty!
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1239105398.shtml


   The Newspaper Guild is worried about the future of the Minneapolis
   Star Tribune. The paper filed for bankruptcy recently, and revenue
   continues to contract. They have launched a [1]Save The Strib web site
   to facilitate some sort of local ownership takeover, by those who
   "share their values."

     As journalists, we consider our jobs a civic duty. We want to
     continue to shine a light in dark places, to tell you where your
     tax dollars are going, and to help you follow your hometown sports
     teams and understand how our natural places are being managed. We
     want to share stories of interesting people, to highlight great
     restaurants and fun recipes and to help you explore the world of
     art, theater and travel.

   Shine a light in dark places? Like the flying Imam follow-up stories
   they ignored, which the Washington Post had to provide us instead? The
   demise of the Global Warming premise in light of abundant new
   evidence? The cavernous rat hole that is Light Rail? Fact checking
   Nick Coleman's columns?
   It still hasn't dawned on them that they themselves might have to
   change.
   Is it our civic duty to support a paper no matter what their bias or
   what they don't cover or what they get wrong? No, if there is a civic
   duty, it is to withhold support until this paper decides that fact is
   more important than fancy.

References

   1. http://savethestrib.com/strib/