For example, I'm glad we still have an afternoon paper in Tucson. Among other things, it employs those dudes on the street corners, the ones who look like they used to operate carnival rides until they violated the dress code. I wish the Tucson Citizen had more meat to it, but when you realize that big-ass Phoenix doesn't even have an afternoon paper anymore, you just kinda count your blessings, meager though they may be. Tucson's tough on media types. Channel 13 anchor Kris Pickel will probably be in town just long enough for people to wonder why she hasn't changed her name.
Some talented people choose to live in Tucson because of all that it offers.
So, Mr. D challenged me to watch the media closely. Just give it a week. Not with a jaundiced eye, but neither with rose-colored glasses. And so I did. I read both papers, as I always do, anyway.