On Friday's front page of the Daily Record, the newspaper staff was clearly forced to continue running the Stephens Media-approved salute to some other town's troops. I don't agree with the principle, but there was nothing the local folks could do. Then there was a story about a $4.9 million appropriation for the ever-controversial Benton County Juvenile Detention Center (but why didn't they include that in the headline?). Finally, the Record puts a story where it belongs.
Of course, that trend could never continue, as the third page shows us.
On page three, the Daily Record includes something that couldn't possibly be an interesting or meaningful story, in which a man in Siloam Springs is arrested for killing his wife. No, there's nothing front-page-worthy there. What did make the front page? A story about high school football.
Now before you all villainize me, I appreciate high school sports and what they mean to the local community, but can you honestly tell me there was only room for three stories on the front page, instead of the regular four? And if it was Bentonville or even Rogers football, I'd understand a little more, as those are the primary cities in the Benton County coverage areas, but this was a story about Gravette football bumping a murder story to page three. Maybe it's the byline — for a man who no longer works there, Jeff Mores has been more productive than the late Tupac Shakur. Congratulations, Daily Record, on showing, through continued overglorification of sports in your newspaper, that the merger hasn't changed your news priorities. I propose a new slogan.
The Daily Record: More local news than anyone else, as long as there is a ball involved.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments including libelous language will not be allowed. Criticism of the content and/or style of any blog entry, however, is welcomed. Speech is free here, so long as it does not infringe on the rights of others.