Here’s a sneak peek of Roldo’s column:
Do you ever get a feeling reading the morning newspaper that it isn’t in the business of news anymore?
The news that does slip into the PD is sparse and not very tasty.
Back in the 1970s when Cleveland newspapers were grasping for ways to upend Dennis Kucinich (you may notice the Pee Dee’s addiction remains), the press critic at the Village Voice Alexander Cockburn wrote, “There is almost nothing so repugnant to humankind as a newspaper in Cleveland.”
Times may have changed; that criticism stands.
You want to ask the old hamburger ad question – Where’s the beef?
The beef has disappeared from the menu as newspapers scuffle and fumble around trying to attract the attention of non-newspaper readers with chitchat, too many worthless graphs and oversized photos. Or on the other hand, emotionally long series of human tragedies.
The paper has been failing to offer the space required for analysis of community decision-making, the information that greases the wheels of a democracy. Surely, the most important task for a general daily newspaper…
Also included is his take on the Sweeney-Lipovan dispute.
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