 My News Dispatch rant thread |
 Apr 27 2010, 04:56 AM
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 Really Comfortable  Group: Members Posts: 1,829 Joined: 11-January 07 From: Kobe, Japan Member No.: 18  |
Okay - I've posted stuff about the ND and I don't want to gum up the board with any more threads. So I'll just use this one. If you're not interested please skip over it.
As I've said many times, the News Dispatch is one of those hometown institutions that's been part of my life since I was a kid in Edgewood in the 50's. And to be fair they do get it right a lot of times. But in the last couple of years - apparently due to budget/staff cuts - the paper's really gone downhill. That's just sad - but it also pisses me off that someone in power is letting this happen. I'll not be posting Deb Sederberg gaffes. She's obviously a tolerated lost cause. So - today's rant. Is a 10-year-old running the online edition? How many times to we see pictures like this? Does whoever's doing that NOT know that you can't just take a thumbnail file, stretch it ten times its original size, and have it not look like crap? They do this constantly. From today's story about the park idiocy. First the thumbnail - and then a screenshot of how it came out.   Again, it is incomprehensible that someone is looking at this and approving it. End rant. |
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Feb 17 2014, 09:52 PM
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Really Comfortable Group: Members Posts: 1,829 Joined: 11-January 07 From: Kobe, Japan Member No.: 18 |
Well they fixed it - only took 72 hours. (rolls eyes)
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Feb 17 2014, 10:36 PM
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QUOTE(Tim @ Dec 2 2013, 04:37 AM)  I started this rant thread 3 years ago. In the ensuing time I've come to accept the News Dispatch, warts n' all. It is what it is. There's something f'd up nearly every day - pointing it out here is just a waste of time, IMO. You must get some enjoyment out of wasting time if this is the case... |
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Feb 17 2014, 10:59 PM
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Really Comfortable Group: Members Posts: 1,829 Joined: 11-January 07 From: Kobe, Japan Member No.: 18 |
QUOTE(indianamaniac @ Feb 17 2014, 10:36 PM) You must get some enjoyment out of wasting time if this is the case... Guess what - I changed my mind! Welcome to America. |
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Feb 18 2014, 06:29 AM
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QUOTE(Tim @ Feb 17 2014, 10:59 PM) Guess what - I changed my mind! Welcome to America. I suppose I could note the humor of someone who is sitting in Japan writing, "Welcome to America." Instead, I'll just commend you on your continued perfection in life. It has to be difficult never having made a single mistake over the years. Kudos. |
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Feb 18 2014, 04:35 PM
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Really Comfortable Group: Members Posts: 1,829 Joined: 11-January 07 From: Kobe, Japan Member No.: 18 |
QUOTE(indianamaniac @ Feb 18 2014, 06:29 AM) I suppose I could note the humor of someone who is sitting in Japan writing, "Welcome to America." Instead, I'll just commend you on your continued perfection in life. It has to be difficult never having made a single mistake over the years. Kudos. Whatever. |
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Feb 19 2014, 10:43 AM
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QUOTE(Tim @ Feb 17 2014, 10:52 PM) Well they fixed it - only took 72 hours. (rolls eyes) When I was at Elston we called the "News Disgrace" |
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Feb 19 2014, 09:54 PM
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The News Dispatch has the same problems that most newspapers have that are in small and medium sized towns. The newspaper business has been a consolidating industry for a few decades. Most reporters and editors put together several newspapers, not just one. Most of the so called local papers are no longer locally owned. When there are changes or transitions in personnel, easy things get missed like coverage of city council meetings for a month or two.
I gave up knocking the News Dispatch when I was a kid in the 70's. No sense kicking the dog. |
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Apr 30 2016, 01:55 PM
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The online edition of the N-D has improved greatly since Parkhouse became managing editor but please remove officer Francisco Rodriguez name from underneath this scumbags photo.
http://www.thenewsdispatch.com/news/articl...32153ce414.html |
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May 2 2016, 11:42 AM
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Really Comfortable Group: Members Posts: 2,005 Joined: 6-July 09 From: In Front of a computer screen Member No.: 929 |
QUOTE(taxthedeer @ Apr 30 2016, 02:55 PM) The online edition of the N-D has improved greatly since Parkhouse became managing editor but please remove officer Francisco Rodriguez name from underneath this scumbags photo. http://www.thenewsdispatch.com/news/articl...32153ce414.html They fixed it. Francisco Rodriguez seems like a fine police officer. |
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