Comments on: Want to meet Obama? Bring your checkbook

By: bth

bth — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:15:56 +0000

knk – as a business owner I have interests that reflect that. However I am also a consumer and a citizen of Wichita. That status also gives me interests in businesses even though they do not directly effect my companies. Employees and consumenrs are also ‘about business’ stakeholders.

By: knkoenig

knkoenig — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:00:16 +0000

I think you have to be about business to care about the business section, whether as a business owner, investor, or other support (e.g. SBA/SCORE person).

By: ictBest

ictBest — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:25:27 +0000

That’s confusing Bill, I would have to side on Ben on this one. If Business Today is for B2B only, why not publish as a Trade Publication, rather than as a section of a General-Interest daily?

By: bth

bth — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:01:16 +0000

Interesting. As a small business owner I had always considered te Business pages on the newspaper to which I subscribe as being for everyone – big business, small business, consumers, workers, and taxpayers.

By: Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:01:57 +0000

Ah, I wouldn’t agree with that at all, Ben. People often get confused about the mission of Business Today, which is business to business. This isn’t a consumer publication.

By: bth

bth — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:53:09 +0000

Bill – I agree – and would add ‘journalistic’ laziness. They would rather take a canned press release, change a few words, and pretend they actually did something.

We see the same thing here in Wichita – especially in the business section with stuff from WaterWalk etc reported as ‘news’

By: Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:35:42 +0000

With that said, however, I always get a hearty laugh out of those who buy into the Limbaugh-esque canard that the entire mainstream media is in the Democratic bag.

Reason: Where were all those left-leaners during the factual fog running up to the war in Iraq? They sure weren’t fact-checking anything.

I tend to think they’re actually bemoaning journalistic incompetence.

By: Bill Wilson

Bill Wilson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:33:22 +0000

I strongly suspect you’d see the same reaction in the newsroom here, Ben.

By: knkoenig

knkoenig — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:10 +0000

Loooong time ago, when I lived in the area, a friend read the Washington Star as well as the Post, figuring the slant of each would cancel the other. An event like this just makes the Post’s position really obvious.

IMHO the Post’s ethical pronouncements are just public relations reaction to getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar….

By: bth

bth — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:32:49 +0000

Good term tmann. Good to see that – at least for now – the reporters resisted the attempts made by their corporate bosses.

Bill – a question: What would happen if the corporates at McClatchey did the same? Would Eagle reporters resist? Would you?