Local news conundrum

I'm not sure whether I gained or lost respect for my local newspaper today. On the one hand, they did put the Death Of The Century™ on the bottom of the front page. On the other hand, their lead story was a ridiculously melodramatic article about a marijuana bust. *sigh*

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Written by alphabitch. Posted on Friday, June 26th, 2009, at 2:12 pm.
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One Response to “Local news conundrum”

  1. Larry said:

    It's all about selling the papers. People like reading melodramatic stories.