Comments on: Managing the Public Perception of Harrisonburg as a Closed Community http://www.harrisonburgsummits.com/2009/10/managing-the-public-perception-of-harrisonburg-as-a-closed-community/ Hosted by the Fairfield Center (formerly Community Mediation Center) Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:55:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ex-DNR reporter http://www.harrisonburgsummits.com/2009/10/managing-the-public-perception-of-harrisonburg-as-a-closed-community/comment-page-1/#comment-342 ex-DNR reporter Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:54:25 +0000 http://www.harrisonburgsummits.com/?p=1328#comment-342 Newspapers may be dying, unfortunately, though some deserve to. I did not get to this summit but appreciated your good intentions. Some things to bear in mind: 1, The editorials -- which were always rightwing but used to be less rude -- follow the style of Limbaugh and Fox News because readers & advertisers tolerate that; 2, Some reporters and others on the staff still do a fair job; 3, You'd waste your time trying to change a dinosaur institution's policies, but critical letters and online comments can and often do get published; 4, Look for other news venues, such as the blog, hburgnews. Journalism is in a state of flux. Keep up the effort. Newspapers may be dying, unfortunately, though some deserve to. I did not get to this summit but appreciated your good intentions. Some things to bear in mind: 1, The editorials — which were always rightwing but used to be less rude — follow the style of Limbaugh and Fox News because readers & advertisers tolerate that; 2, Some reporters and others on the staff still do a fair job; 3, You’d waste your time trying to change a dinosaur institution’s policies, but critical letters and online comments can and often do get published; 4, Look for other news venues, such as the blog, hburgnews. Journalism is in a state of flux. Keep up the effort.

]]> By: Karl Waizecker http://www.harrisonburgsummits.com/2009/10/managing-the-public-perception-of-harrisonburg-as-a-closed-community/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Karl Waizecker Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:40:35 +0000 http://www.harrisonburgsummits.com/?p=1328#comment-256 Kai, Very interesting...the DNR has frustrated me for years, I don't read it anymore other than to scan the headlines occasionally. The Byrd family and editors are certainly not representative of the folks I know in Harrisonburg, yet they set the tone. Given the business decisions demonstrated by the DNR (such as charging subscribers to read the online version) we will hopefully not have to endure their drivel much longer... Kai,

Very interesting…the DNR has frustrated me for years, I don’t read it anymore other than to scan the headlines occasionally. The Byrd family and editors are certainly not representative of the folks I know in Harrisonburg, yet they set the tone. Given the business decisions demonstrated by the DNR (such as charging subscribers to read the online version) we will hopefully not have to endure their drivel much longer…

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