"YOUR TOWNS. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEWSPAPER."
Really?
On Monday, August 17, 2009, the Daily Chronicle printed a story about Alderman Wogen's arrest for allegedly pushing his wife during an argument at their home. Interestingly, the paper did not include a comments section for the online version like it does many of the other stories that it publishes on a regular basis. While the editor gets to decide what will or will not appear in print or online, it's unsettling to think people were denied an immediate forum to discuss the incident (even if they found other places to do so). Wogen Watch feels that it's professionally inconsistent for someone to think a story merits coverage while at the same time denying people the space to respond - especially when the paper is supposed to be for us.
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