New MJ Beat Writer For Middletown??

randy wrote: I was informed today by someone I trust, it is a promation that has Ed leaving us. HAs anyone else heard this?

I once displeased my boss and was given a transfer and a promotion.

Merrell doing some invesatigative reporting into the issues of Middletown, like indeth interviews, asking pointed questions, etc., is what Journalism is all about.  No one has asked Richter to go to dinner with the family.  People expect someone from a Newspaper to actually do reporting and not just regurgitating what appears on TVMiddltown or in a press release.

Ed Richter is being transfered to the Warren County bureau. His replacement is coming from the Oxford Press and will begin the first week in November. In my opinion he is one of the most professional journalist I've ever met. He understands that in order to keep his objectivity he must keep his distence from any personal relationships with those he writes about.  Alway formal in the proper way.  Just the fact's please..

Spider a 1st year Journalism student could cover Middletown as long as he doesn't have To ask any questions.  The problem with Richter is he goes to a Controversial Council meetings then basically regurgitates what was said at the meeting and does absolutely no questioning of Council, City Admin................zilch.  There is no followup as to why the Council is moving in the direction it is.  There is no questioning of Council or Admin as to the Citizens concerns raised on this board or at meetings.  I mean there is nothing.

Good points from all. I also quit taking the Journal a couple of years ago after having taken it for so many years when it was more "hometown" news, run and reported by "hometown" people. Now, the Journal contains nothing but out-of-town news that no one cares about, or, if the story is about Middletown, is written with no investigative style, gives only one side (usually the city's positions on things), has numerous mistakes with grammar and spelling and has the appearance of being controlled by the city government. During election time, they will automatically endorse the incumbant power candidates and will ALWAYS use the excuse that the challenger has no experience, forgetting that the incumbant had to start with no experience when they entered the political arena. Very predictable. I still listen to WLW on my way to work each morning. The Jim Scott show has an informational/news format and is really not that political. On the other hand, I have had enough of the Cunnigham's, the Mike McConnell's, and the Darrell Park's shows on that station. Way too lopsided as to opinion and hardly objective. These shows, and WLW in general, are so far to the conservative right, even if you try to call into their shows, you have no chance of presenting your side of any given debate. The only people they talk at length to are the ones that agree with them. I really don't know how I would react if I met Cunningham face to face. Probably go to jail for assault. What an a--. McConnell comes across like an egotistical horses a-- also. Have no use for these people.

A lot of our Media Outlets (specifically Newspapers and Radio) of late have been hijacked by major advertisers to the point that they are no longer reliable sources for info. Revenues needs for these continually declining businesses have removed any form of fairness or accuracy from them. They do what they are TOLD.

I quit taking the Journal a few years ago when my many emails (about factual errors in stories I happened to have first hand knowledge of) were finally answered by the Writer who apologized and said He had to write what he was told to write.

I quit listening to WLW radio for the same reason. It has become one long commercial for what ever issue the power brokers want pushed.

I know, How about Auntie Ann! Then we citizens will see nothing but unicorns and rainbows!

Is Ed being asked to leave because he has talked to Ms Vivian too much about the cemetery issues?

Rumor has it that Eddie Richter may be transferred from Middletown to the Warren County beat by the MJ?  If so, who will replace him?