Monday, April 18, 2005
Go go gadget Chron
While The Chron is frequently good for a chuckle, today's had demonstrations of all four major factors for a good newspaper.
Breaking, informative news: "Initiative war could end -- or intensify"
Impressive, unexpected results from studies: "Experts say digital music library reflects listener's personality"
Deep, informed commentary from emotionally charged readers: (this concerns some dudes who got jailz0r3d for lighting a firecracker on a rabbit)
"Further, it seems a bit ironic that Sigmon is now a freshman studying biology at UC Santa Barbara -- odd that he has elected to study biology after showing such a blatant disregard for an animal's life."
"It is well established that serial killers and other violent criminals can start out with defenseless animals."
And finally, unbiased reporting on the issues:
"Bay oil refiners seek big tax cuts
Schools will suffer most if $44 million in rollbacks is OKd"
The article includes numerous mentions of "OMGHUGEPROFITS" and "OMGHIGHGASPRICES" in a discussion of property taxes, as well as the following:
"Should Valero get the tax break it wants, for example, Benicia would have to refund as much as $3.4 million and lose $1 million a year in property taxes, city officials said."
(Note that the italics are not mine, and were included in the print article)
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