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The Dayton Daily News may be one of the biggest threats to our area’s pride. Negative slants, pointless stories, poor reporting contribute to Dayton having severe self-image problems.
Front page of the Dayton Daily News, centered, above the fold. Photos of the four Republican candidates involved in the Feb. 22, 2012, debate in Mesa, Arizona. If we ignore the headline that places Romney and Santorum as the only two possible contenders, and just examine the picture spread, we have 2 candidates looking thoughtful, [...]
In today’s Dayton Daily News we get their first and perhaps last attempt to cover the candidates. A short bio provided by the candidates, a candidate-supplied picture and answers to two questions. This is a voter’s guide- not reporting. No reporter has called, they sent a reporter to one candidates night where no story was [...]
In today’s paper, we get to read that “Neuhardt running for 10th district” on page 3 of the local section. Really? The petitions were due over a month ago and approved. There are 6 Democrats and 3 Republicans running. The same press release can be found on her website: www.neuhardtforcongress.com, where it is the front [...]
Yesterday, the crew at the Dayton Daily News weren’t able to get the iPad edition of the News or Local sections up in the dumb reader. Today, they apparently didn’t print the Wall Street Journal edition. The WSJ is issuing a one day credit to all subscribers. Apparently staff cutbacks are having an effect. What’s [...]
I get inspiration from the readers of this site. I also get tips, kudos, slammed and damned. All of it OK, as long as it’s raising the level of discussion and making people think about things that aren’t necessarily on the top of people’s stuff-I-should-about list. The recent post about the Downtown Dayton Partnership requesting [...]
With all the horsepower under the Cox Media Center- it’s surprising they haven’t attempted more totally local programming. In the day of media overload, unique, local content is the only competitive advantage they can “own” and really sell. It’s happening in Cincinnati: Coming to WXIX-TV (Channel19) this fall is a reality series shot on the [...]
All my friends still think I read the DDN every morning, cover to cover. That stopped about 2 years ago when two things happened (take notes DDN marketing people): The paper was on my doorstep by 6am about half the time. If I didn’t have it by 5:45 it’s really not working for me. They [...]
The reason the Dayton Daily news has lost readership isn’t that they have a liberal bias, or make idiotic endorsements, the reason the Dayton Daily news has lost readership is that they don’t write interesting stories. With a huge staff (the billboards brag about 1,000 people to “serve you”) the best they can publish is [...]