Thus, television is relegated to live shots of reporters standing in front of accident scenes and shootings, supporting the old aphorism, If it bleeds, it leads. Not the sort of journalism one thinks of when extolling the rights of the free press. You cant rely on TV to cover everything, Clinkingbeard admits. I think anybody who gets all their news from television is woefully uninformed. Prior to the merger of the two daily papers, there were two reporters in town competing to cover the county.
Some county supervisors argue that the merger has resulted in less coverage of their work.
Th e Journal Sentinel only goes for the sexy stuff, says one veteran supervisor. They certainly could do more coverage. Tom is just a really nice guy, says this board member, damning with faint praise. But Gretchen is probably one of the best reporters at the Journal Sentinel . She didnt miss a trick.