Here's the valedictory message of a weekly newspaper editor. At his farewell after almost 25 years in the local press, including two-and-a-half of them at the helm of the Andover Advertiser, Steve Dancey is quoted as saying:
"People employed in big organisations' corporate communications departments are happy to puff out endless useless press releases for the band of lazy journalists to cut and paste, but their parallel function is to obstruct and prevent reporters getting to the truth.
Sadly, fewer and fewer local reporters seem to have the time or inclination to properly research stories fully. However in just a few years there won't be much of the industry left to worry about."
Anyone disagree with that?
Source: HoldTheFrontPage
