Holding our tongue
NewsLanc has been sitting on top of the biggest local news story so far this year but delays in reporting it.
We face two constraints:
1) By reporting on these developments, we risk thwarting their successful resolution outside the public spotlight.
2) If NewsLanc breaks the story, there is the concern that it may inhibit the Lancaster Newspapers from providing due coverage. We recognize they have the bigger megaphone. When it serves the general good, we do not hesitate to pass along leads.
On the other hand, the public has a right to know when its interests are at stake.
So we agonize. And we hope our silence is appropriate.
