Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:45pm.
The problem is not so much what you are reporting, but how you are doing it. This "news article" reads more like a middle school newspaper submission than an article from a legitimate news organization. If the County Commissioner does not want to speak with you, the professional and non-editorial way to report would be along the lines of: "Despite our numerous attempts to contact the County Commissioner in regards to these matters, he has refused our requests." It would be a simple one sentence statement, not a four paragraph rant. This article, like many others on this site, is attempting to make WWAY the focus of its own reporting. That fact is evident by the number of times "us","we","our",etc. is used throughout.
The problem is not so much
The problem is not so much what you are reporting, but how you are doing it. This "news article" reads more like a middle school newspaper submission than an article from a legitimate news organization. If the County Commissioner does not want to speak with you, the professional and non-editorial way to report would be along the lines of: "Despite our numerous attempts to contact the County Commissioner in regards to these matters, he has refused our requests." It would be a simple one sentence statement, not a four paragraph rant. This article, like many others on this site, is attempting to make WWAY the focus of its own reporting. That fact is evident by the number of times "us","we","our",etc. is used throughout.