To their credit, The World today published a nicely written response from the North Bend Education Association to the poorly written March 12, 2010, World editorial urging a quick resolution to labor contract agreements at local schools. More than once I have been critical of The World editorials, most recently here and The World editorial staff need to learn how to write an expository essay.
Editorials may be nothing more than someone’s opinion but absent any exposition defining how the author arrived at an opinion what is the point? Who cares, really, what some unnamed author thinks about teacher labor negotiations without some factual or statistical basis? Why do we care about The World’s position on LNG or strip mining when they haven’t researched the economic impacts of either on the area? Without any exposition what are their bona fides for offering an opinion at all?
Does The World have so little regard for their readers that all we get are a hodgepodge of declarative statements, without citation from reputable sources? Surely, we deserve better?
Without some substance behind these ‘editorials’ they are nothing more than an anonymous author pushing an agenda that even he or she clearly doesn’t know why they are pushing it. Without some exposition it reads like The World is butting into matters it simply knows nothing about, topics critically important to the area like teacher salaries and public resource management and basic economics.
You are definitely correct. Recently, The World published their online stats and based upon my own blog stats, very close to The World’s, I would say there is a market for a competing venture. To be accurate, during the last three months that I have been focused elsewhere my stats dropped to half of what they were but in the last couple of weeks have risen to being nearly equal to theirs. However, I am sure they receive more local hits whereas I derive 88% of my views from out of the area and on topics that seem to have little interest here.
Without question, the area needs a gutsy investigative journal to report on local issues… please step in and take up the cause, we need you
Isn’t it time for a competing local newspaper? It seems like “The World” has taken control of the dissemination of not only news, but critical basic information essential for the economy in the area. They publish the Bandon Western World; Bandon Coffee Break; Let’s Go; Relocation Guide; Toast the Coast; Bandon Visitors Guide; Oregon Go Green, etc., etc.
It’s all about the advertising revenue and I would hope some intelligent people out there with internet publishing skills could do a much better service for the community.
The World and all their various publications are tired and just keep using the same old stuff over and over. The area needs a fresh new look!