This may get to be a real two-newspaper town yet.
In the grand old days of newspapering, editorial writers would often pick a fight with a competing newspaper to highlight differences, draw sharp contrasts and, heaven forfend, actually show a little spark that would sell newspapers. Publishers would carry on feuds, sometimes real and sometimes contrived, with cross-town rivals.
It could be good business. The niche of readers interested in such things would have to stay current with both newspapers just to make sure they didn't miss a riposte from the other journalist.
Alas, those days seem to be gone with the quarter newspaper box. Cross-town rivals? That's a quaint expression when only twenty feet separates the two Fort Wayne newsrooms.
However, occasionally there is a spark of the old days. Leo Morris provides us with one today as he writes about the explanation of the Journal Gazette's Tracy Warner for the JG not interviewing Libertarian Party candidates. Mr. Morris even mentions former JG editorial page editor Larry Hayes.
Granted, Mr. Morris did this only for his weblog, Opening Arguments, not the News-Sentinel's print edition. So, "spark" is probably the right way to describe this as it occurred in the electronic medium. Yet, Leo's post does provide some hope of a return to a more authentic journalism.
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