NewsLanc practices yellow brand of journalism
From the “About Us” Section of NewsLanc.com’s web site: “NewsLanc.com is an e-zine focused on the important issues facing Lancaster city and county. Our mission is to provide an alternative source of coverage and comment from the monopoly Lancaster press. We will provide news without spin, editorials without vested interests and personal attacks, and solicit vigorous discussions from the public.”
Stated above: “WATCHDOG: Did the editorial writer fail to make it through grammar school math? If 100% pay their fair share, the 73% who now are paying the entire bill will pay less in the future! The above is just plain mean spirited, unless the writer is really that dumb.”
I’m trying to imagine how yellow your brand of journalism would be absent your noble mission of avoiding personal attacks.
By the way: Your mission statement should read, “…an alternative…TO the monopoly Lancaster press”, not “an alternative…FROM the monopoly Lancaster press.” Did the mission statement author fail to make it through grammar school grammar? Is the writer really that dumb?
It is far better for a journalist to be poor in math than poor in English.
EDITOR’S RESPONSE:
We surmise that every once in a while the same dimwitted, misguided, nasty party is allowed to write an editorial for the New Era. It is a public embarrassment. We see no contradiction to our mission by calling actions what they are.
For those who prefer sugar coating and ignoring vital issues (such as the misdirection of Lancaster General Hospital), there are the Lancaster newspapers.
For LNP it is a business, which we respect. For us it is a mission to help improve our community.
What is the point of the letter. If the writer supports LNP, so be it. End of discussion.
Here’s the point: Yellow journalism presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. That’s pretty much what you get here from Robert Field and his website – there’s no “we” at NewsLanc, just Robert. Pick your “target” of the day – Convention Center, Fulton Bank, LGH, Lancaster Newspapers, athletics at McCaskey, anyone critical of PAM, the County Library, or legalization of narcotics. This site’s a broken record that repeats itself on a monthly basis. Nothing more than a high-priced monument to Field’s inflated ego, paid for with personal funds that would be better spent improving our community.