is this really news?
Lately I’ve found the Tennessean to be a much better paper than it had been. Trent Seibert has been a great investigative reporter since he arrived from Colorado. Bonna de la Cruz has also been churning out quality work, as has Lee Ann O’Neal and Brad Schrade.
On Tuesday, however, the Tennessean blundered when it ran this story. On the front page. Above the fold:
Why even buy the paper if that qualifies as news?
March 7th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
[…] Well, the Tennessean’s foray into “pop news” isn’t nearly as wasteful of precious time and energy as is the latest effort of State Senator Charlotte Burks and Representative Eric Swafford. This do-gooding duo has just launched a puritanical putsch to make Tennessee safe from stimulants. […]