Comments on: Statesman Favors Wall Street Over Local News

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:32:45 +0000

Now Guardian, with all your travels in your day job, surely you know how difficult it would be for the rag to have it’s finger on the local pulse of the community from Sacramento!

By: JIMV

JIMV — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:32:08 +0000

As my posts show, I am a big supporter of local papers covering local events. That said, I was pleasantly surprised to find the WSJ coverage. The papers expertise in the field is shallow so they went to the experts. As this is the biggest threat to the country since 911 and perhaps to the economy since 1929, I was hoping for some expertise and not just opinion.

By: Serendipity

Serendipity — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:09:18 +0000

The Statesman article about the nuke dude and his plan for Elmore County elided the real interchange about Gillispie’s educational qualifications. What was really said (I was there) at the meeting in Elmore, when an Elmore woman stood up, was: She asked where did Gillispie attend college. He said ‘MIT’. She followed by asking ‘Did you graduate?’ He said ‘Yes’. This untrue claim has been nugated by research with MIT, which says he never graduated from MIT. What he did do was take a 6 week course at MIT’s Sloan Biz School, a separate entity from regular MIT, and got a certificate. A certificate for a short course is not graduating from anything.

The article also said:
‘His company’s stock has dropped from more than $120 a share to 22 cents.’
That’s wrong too. The stock never sold for $120 a share. See http://www.pinksheets.com/pink/quote/quote.jsp?symbol=AEHI#getNews for details and also how this company used to sell rice bran products before Gillispie took it over.

So IMO this was a potentially important story that got warped by what often happens at this paper: misleading reportage (and sloppy research, or both). Another reason why we need the ol’ Guardian.

By: Clippityclop

Clippityclop — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:52:55 +0000

Guardian,

You’re where I go for the real scoop. When I hit the Lotto and can quit my day job, I’m volunteering full time for you as an investigative reporter. Hell, I just may do it anyhow.

Clip

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:49:46 +0000

The local blat has been a useless “newspaper” ever since I got here and that was 15 years ago. In fact, it just keeps going downhill. Trivia is the name of its game. The Guardian and a little bit of BW are all that’s left.

By: Mom

Mom — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:40:22 +0000

Does the GUARDIAN ever sleep?

You have more REAL news here this week than any of the “legacy” outfits that sell ads. You deserve to make a buck or two for what you save us!