Scrubbing the news and raising heck
Imagine him naked, talking like Jesus.In his quest to "get the right tone" — i.e. a positive LDS spin — at the re-educated Deseret News, editor Joe Cannon seems to have missed an important point. That is: Mormons, like everyone else—maybe even more, like to read trashy stories about themselves. If nothing else, stories of put-upon members makes everyone feel like old-timey martyrs to the cause.
This week the news has been chock full of juicy Mormon stuff:
• The "Mormon Mafia," that was pivotal in sanctioning and designing the U.S. torture program is a national story — never explored by the DNews/MormonTimes.The DNews did, however, report these blockbusters today: A chicken-cooking contest prize winner, a probing story on the mind of Simon Cowell and a slide show on a retiring barber. (Glass House Note: Yes, the Trib put the death of B-list comedian Dom Deluise on its front page. Sorry.)
• DN/MM fails to note a local actor who is nominated for a Tony for his nude "Hair" Broadway performance. Will Swenson is also the official voice of Jesus at Temple Square, for gosh sakes!
• DN/MM buries its re-written release from LDS HQ on the baptism-in-death of Obama's Mama. Riveting headline: "LDS Church Reiterates Proxy-Baptism Policy."
• DN/MM ignores latest Marie Osmond bombshells: She has a lesbian daughter and supports gay marriage and other basic civil rights for gays.
14 Comments:
Glen, you can't seem to abide the other newspaper in town. Is it because they actually are continuing growth during this downturn?
Note to DNews staffer AKA Anonymous #1: Has nothing to do with circulation, up or down; it has to do with whether the DN wants to be considered a mainstream newspaper or a church organ. I suspect it's the latter.
People who post as "Anonymous" are always dirtbags with no credibility and their comments are always 100% wrong.
Always! :D
Glen, never apologize for putting Dom DeLuise on the cover! I'd rather read about the star of The Cannonball Run than another polygamy story, or swine flu story, or Utah Jazz story...
Actually, as of late, the Deseret News has become a lovely haven and alt. to the hate spewing venom machine the trib has become. Maybe the trib needs to raise their standards and get back to good ol' news vs. pushing an anti mormon agenda?
There are only two newspapers in SLC. The Tribune, and the City Weekly.
The Deseret News is dead as a news source.
I'm confused, if anonymous posters are always wrong, and they are always in disagreement, does that mean that no truth can ever be learned from anonymous posters? You've shaken everything I believe.
Some of us believe that a newspaper's job is to act as a check on the government. I believe that is why journalists are sometimes referred to as the fourth branch of government. A newspaper that fails to act as a check on the government does not perform it's most (only) important function. It is worthless.
How does this apply to the D-News? It's no secret that the state of Utah is run by the LDS church. In a very real way, in Utah, religious power = political power, government = church. So if the D-News refuses to act as a check on the LDS church, then it has failed in its most (only) important function. Thus it is worthless.
Only people who work in the press are actually vain enough to think of themseleves as the forth branch of government.
Yeah, tell that to Nixon
Yes, I used to think City Weekly was a good paper. But the last few issues are making me think twice. "The Green Issue" this week? Obviously an advertorial--sell adds then write a bunch of stories to look like it's real news. There was a time when an alternative paper wouldn't be caught dead doing that.
SLLIBUNE...... the Uath paper for fags, homos, and stupid communist fuckers!!
...this rag will follow the Rocky Mountain News!
Does anyone really consider the Deseret News to be a newspaper?
I always assumed that this was a mormon newsletter - I wouldn't even think to criticize their editorial line because I assume it's all PR from temple square.
The DN doesn't compete with the Trib. Apples and oranges.
If the fourth estate is supposed to be hard on the government...why are they missing in action with Barrack and the Democrats?
I thought that newspapers were supposed to be honest, objective, and neutral.
Instead, you get naked agenda-izing from folks like The Crawler.
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