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Old 07-16-2014, 08:45 PM   #839
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse View Post
Growing up in Calgary, I used to devour the Calgary Herald. Every, Dad would take section A (National News) and D(Business) and I'd run away with the rest (and trade later). Articles were reasonably lengthy, researched, and occasionally insightful. More facts than opinion - editorials were limited to the middle of section A with Rodewalt's latest political cartoon.

The Herald has certainly gone downward - pretty much being reduced to a "retransmitter" of press releases. Their staff today is pretty much a skeleton of what it once was.

Today's "Op-Ed" column however takes this to a new low. Not that I've paid to read the Herald in about 8 years (that's on you Dowbiggin / Postmedia), but I have a new level of contempt for that rag.

Blatchford: Calgary deserves to know more (about) Nathan O’Brien case

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So the efforts and concern expressed by citizens must be rewarded by knowing the gory details of the case. Details that could potentially hinder the prosecution of the case.... This isn't like reading a book half way Blatchford and wanting to know how it ends... people understand it takes time for the legal process to unfold. Sorry you can't actually do some investigative reporting of your own to bring some new angles to this case, and are merely waiting for a press release for you to "spin" from behind your desk.



Been watching a little too much Criminal Minds? Why is it that other than the outcome, the public needs to know the gory details of this case?



For real? FFS - when the Herald Comments section correctly nails you - you really should know how bad your column was....

It was a terrible piece all around. Just full of head-shakers.

The weird thing is, Christie Blatchford isn't exactly a low-paid rookie grinding it out at the Herald as fast as possible. She's not even in Calgary. This comes from the National Post. She's been doing this for like 40 years, she's won awards, and done a lot of good stuff.

Lord only knows what she was thinking on this one. She just starts with a crazy premise - that we for some reason deserve to know more - and never digs out from underneath that idea.

I live in Calgary. Why do I "deserve" to know the details?
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