By maoglone, on July 6th, 2011
I should preface this post with a note that I couldn’t care less about the Casey Anthony trial. I learned about it yesterday, and my first reaction was one of complete indifference. This is still my position on the matter.
However, I saw this headline on the Enquirer’s website and blood actually shot out of my ears:
Why was Casey Anthony acquitted?
Here’s the story. It’s nothing more than a local commentary on a national story that, I suppose, got a lot of attention. In other words, this is clickbait that the Enquirer is using to boost traffic and meet their numbers to make sure that the sales pitch they use to get advertisers is *close* to accurate. It’s bullshit, and it’s not news.
What’s more is that they attached this to the Ryan Widmer trial. I don’t really have any commentary about this, other than to say that it doesn’t make any damn sense.
Not to sound too righteously indignant, but if we’re going to settle for this sort of commentary garbage as “news,” then Cincinnati is in some pretty deep shit.
Suggestion: write the Editor of the Enquirer an email, asking her to raise the level of discourse in our newspaper beyond simply commenting on national stories and writing up stupid clickbait for the sole purpose of advertising dollars. Ask for more reporters to report on local stories. Ask for investigative journalism. Ask for real news. And threaten to punch them in the pocket.
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By maoglone, on January 28th, 2011
I know I’ve picked on them a lot in the past, and it may not seem like I’m really rooting for them, per se, but how about the Enquirer? They’re certainly important to the community, and it’s no secret that they’ve run into some trouble here and there, but they’re our newspaper and therefore we read ‘em. All told, I love the Enquirer and want it to be better than it is–think of it as tough love. Or something like that.
Pros:
- It’s your one-stop shop for press release, crime and government stories, and high school sports scores.
- If you do telephone sales of any kind, they’re looking to hire you.
- Every year it seems like they change their weight/size to an easier-to-carry format. POSITIVE SPIN ZONE!
Cons:
- The layoffs of editorial staff over the past couple years means that we get to not-so-randomly find typos and mistakes of all varieties. (Sidebar: someone should make a game where the object is to find the most obscure grammatical/punctuation mistake in the Enquirer. Winner gets an editorial position at the Enquirer, if they want it.)
- They appear to see themselves in direct competition with the television stations. NO–YOU DO NEWS, THEY DO WEATHER. That’s how it should be, anyhow.
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By maoglone, on December 30th, 2010
I’ve been following the Enquirer and its headlines for quite some time, and it seems that lately (i.e., FOREVER AND A DAY), we’ve been treated to two types of stories: those that chronicle government, and SUPER BLOODY TALES OF VIOLENCE AND DEATH.
Both types of stories are, of course, legitimate news and/or “journalism,” whatever that means. But taken out of context–which would mean in this case to ONLY read the Cincinnati Enquirer to get your news–one might think that we’re living in a Frank Miller-esque Gotham, where we’re waiting for the likes of our own Batman to pull us out of the cacophony that is our violent city.
It all comes back around to Shadow Hare, doesn’t it?
Pros:
- Violent news brings advertisers. Advertisers keep our newspapers afloat. Vicious circle.
- Without news reporting on the violence occurring in our city and its surrounding areas, you wouldn’t know which neighborhoods to avoid because of your race-centered prejudices.
- It’s a violent world we live in. Without this reporting, we’ll never get the superhero we so sorely need. Are you paying attention, Batman?
Cons:
- I seriously can’t think of any reason why the predominance of reporting on violence is a bad thing. Seriously. Seriously. How many times do I have to write the word “Seriously” before it’s evident that I’m being sarcastic?
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