N&O, Observer treat paper cuts differently
The difference in the way North Carolina’s two McClatchy newspapers handled recent news of buyout offers is like night and day. In Raleigh, the N&O Ignored the story. But in Charlotte it was included as a news item in Monday’s edition of the Observer.
It is important to note the world did not turn upside down in Charlotte.
And of course the N&O’s refusal to run the story did not keep the story from being told. The McClatchy Watch Blog posted an item last week and the news received extensive coverage elsewhere as well. Failure to publish the story, however, creates a perception that the N&O is willing to run everyone’s bad news but not its own.
The NY Times announced Monday it was making newsroom cuts. A few readers offered to pay for content. Reader comments, both at the NY Times and at Charlotte, are interesting. Posted by Leroy Towns