Local stories can't fill national news deficit
I have been thinking about the recent decision to cancel the columns from The New York Times. I know I can go online and get them that way, as I do occasionally for some in the Washington Post, but it won't be the same as folding the paper for a good read at breakfast. If I could vote on what you publish, I would not miss Charles Davenport and Cal Thomas and about half of your comics section, but that probably wouldn't save enough money, since I am sure that what I don't like personally is cheap second-rate stuff anyway.
I am also sure there are just as many readers who think it's a good thing to do without Thomas Friedman, David Brooks and the others, and remain ignorant, but that's life, I suppose.
I hope that the "enhanced local coverage" we're theoretically trading off for is worth it; any writer who could make the often juvenile and self-serving actions of our elected city and county officials interesting is bound to cost more, but can we hold on to them for any length of time considering the wealth of material in our nation's capital?
Ken Sisk
Greensboro
Editor's note: The News & Record is not trading The New York Times News Service for local coverage. It will continue to feature national and international news from other sources.
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I am sure I'm not the only one interested in what "other sources" the N&R plans to use. Or is that top secret? Just asking.
Posted on June 3, 2005 7:44 AM
Real coverage of the antics of the School Board, County Commission and City Council should fill up the news print quite nicely. After all there is another newspaper, with likely 10% of the resources of the NR manages to do that quite well.
Posted on June 3, 2005 10:26 AM