Friday, October 30, 2009

Where's the Press?

Yesterday's multi-college rally at Balboa Park received scant attention from the local San Diego media. Here are a couple of notable exceptions:

Channel 8: Protesters rally in Balboa Park against cuts in education
(includes video! Look for SWC folks in yellow shirts towards the end)

The Writer's Washroom: Professors and Students Rally, March, and Protest in the Street


Thanks, Channel 8 and Nickolas Furr!

Apparently anti-education San Diego Union-Tribune was mum on the protest. You can, however, read about gourds at that fine publication.


3 comments:

  1. I found it very interesting that in this morning's edition of the San Diego Union there was absolutely no mention of yesterday's protest march. I guess the Union has taken the position that if we don't report anything that might prove our editorial policy wrong then it remains right. With the hiring of a new reporter to cover education subjects I had hoped we would see more than rewritten District press releases in the Union, and with the new reporter's first story I got my hopes up only to be disappointed. I would be curious to know how many additional stories she has written that just didn't make it into the paper.

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  2. There are some good members in the Tribune. However, Fox does own it. How sad, no "truth diggers" there.

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  3. This is the danger of the disappearing media - no coverage of vital issues, espcially local and regional issues.

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