Comments on: Deerfield, NH’s ‘Forum’ Takes on Local Paper http://localonliner.com/2007/09/25/deerfield-nh%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98forum%e2%80%99-takes-on-local-paper/ Peter Krasilovsky's Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Peter http://localonliner.com/2007/09/25/deerfield-nh%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98forum%e2%80%99-takes-on-local-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-75877 Peter Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:27:27 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=479#comment-75877 Perkins noted to me in a private email that The Union Leader is considered respectable enough for CNN and ABC to partner with it for election coverage. Let's just say that's good enough for me. I shouldn't have said they have notorious coverage, circa 2007. He also says there is definitely "church and state" between editorial and opinion. I accept that, and apologize for possibly impugning the writing staff of the paper. For sure, what happened, historically, is no longer relevant. The original publisher, Bill Loeb, is long dead. He may not have contributed to the democratic process, especially the way he went after Ed Muskie in the 1972 election. But it is no longer relevant, even if a Loeb is still running the paper. For that matter, the original scion of the Chandler family wasn't so great, either. HIs grandson, Otis Chandler, however, made The LA Times a great newspaper. As for what The Forum's Maureen Mann said about the paper and its local coverage....it is probably just two different opinions here. All agree that The Forum is doing a neat job and is a great model for community journalism. PK Perkins noted to me in a private email that The Union Leader is considered respectable enough for CNN and ABC to partner with it for election coverage. Let’s just say that’s good enough for me. I shouldn’t have said they have notorious coverage, circa 2007.

He also says there is definitely “church and state” between editorial and opinion. I accept that, and apologize for possibly impugning the writing staff of the paper.

For sure, what happened, historically, is no longer relevant. The original publisher, Bill Loeb, is long dead. He may not have contributed to the democratic process, especially the way he went after Ed Muskie in the 1972 election. But it is no longer relevant, even if a Loeb is still running the paper.

For that matter, the original scion of the Chandler family wasn’t so great, either. HIs grandson, Otis Chandler, however, made The LA Times a great newspaper.

As for what The Forum’s Maureen Mann said about the paper and its local coverage….it is probably just two different opinions here. All agree that The Forum is doing a neat job and is a great model for community journalism. PK

]]> By: Charles Perkins http://localonliner.com/2007/09/25/deerfield-nh%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98forum%e2%80%99-takes-on-local-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-75685 Charles Perkins Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:02:42 +0000 http://localonliner.com/?p=479#comment-75685 We wish nothing but the best to The Forum and its contributors -- innovative community journalism is something we applaud -- but your posting is far from an accurate picture of local news coverage. As a few examples, the New Hampshire Union Leader is not family owned, is not "notorious," and for decades has had two or three correspondents covering the towns in question. Local coverage has historically been a strength, not a weakness, of our newspaper. A quick check of our database shows more than 1,000 significant stories from 2005 that mentioned at least one of those towns; that count excludes sports, weddings and news briefs. It is not necessary to misrepresent the quality of a good local newspaper when publicizing an ambitious local web site. We wish nothing but the best to The Forum and its contributors — innovative community journalism is something we applaud — but your posting is far from an accurate picture of local news coverage. As a few examples, the New Hampshire Union Leader is not family owned, is not “notorious,” and for decades has had two or three correspondents covering the towns in question. Local coverage has historically been a strength, not a weakness, of our newspaper. A quick check of our database shows more than 1,000 significant stories from 2005 that mentioned at least one of those towns; that count excludes sports, weddings and news briefs. It is not necessary to misrepresent the quality of a good local newspaper when publicizing an ambitious local web site.

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