[Vision2020] Lewiston Tribune Under Focus

[Tom Hansen]

The Lewiston Tribune and the Daily News epitomize an old adage that strongly
reflects too many peoples' views toward war and its casualties:

 

(I'm paraphrasing) 

 

"One death is horrible.  A thousand deaths is a statistic."

 

Take care, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in
that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity,
their dignity and personhood,"

- Coretta Scott King (March 30, 1998) 

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Art Deco
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 11:52 AM
To: Vision 2020
Cc: Nathan Alford Daily News
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Lewiston Tribune Under Focus

 

Ted, et al,

 

The same problem exists with the LMT's little, forlorn sister, the Daily
News.  Human interest stories, sob-sister stories, sports stories, etc all
have interests for various readers of newspapers and it is fine for the
newspapers to appeal to a diversity of reader interests.

 

However though, isn't it most important for a newspaper to give prominence,
front page or otherwise, to those stories with the most significant impact
on our world, country, state, region, etc, and to subjects which describe
ongoing processes we as citizens can attempt to do something about?

 

The Presto-Log story was interesting and a good read, but front page?  Has
the newspaper industry, local and otherwise, became so whorish, that they
have forgotten the importance of their role of informing the public on vital
matters and instead sell themselves using puff pieces?

 

Perhaps the news production staff and culture at both the LMT and the Daily
News needs a through review and housecleaning.

 


Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

 


 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Ted Moffett <mailto:starbliss at gmail.com>  

To: vision2020 at moscow.com 

Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 11:50 PM

Subject: [Vision2020] Lewiston Tribune Under Focus

 

 

All:

 

I was amazed and dismayed to read the Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 edition of the
Lewiston Morning Tribune, given the choices made regarding what deserves
front page focus, and what does not.  Four articles dominated the front
page:  one on wolves delisting, Bush seeking 120 billion more for wars,
Orofino teenagers, and something about a Lapwai man and Pres-to-Logs... 

 

Then I was astonished to read on the left hand lower corner of page 3 a
small article, with a tiny headline, notifying us that 5 more US soldiers
had died in combat in Iraq in the past week.

 

I know that many Iraq war supporters think the US media focuses too much on
the negative news from Iraq, but does putting notice of the deaths in the
past week of 5 US soldiers, who gave their lives to defend us, deserve
nothing more than a tiny article with a tiny headline in the left hand lower
corner of page 3? 

 

Have we become that callous to the horror of the war in Iraq, to the
ultimate sacrifices of our soldiers when they die in combat, that
Pres-to-Logs are a more important subject?

 

Or did the Tribune make a decision that the deaths of US soldiers in Iraq
are not the proper subject to best sell their newspaper at this time?  Has
coverage of the deaths of US soldiers in Iraq become so easily accepted that
they are not deemed newsworthy enough to be featured on the front page? 

 

Am I wrong to suggest something is amiss here in the Tribune's coverage?
What am I overlooking or overemphasizing?

 

Ted Moffett

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