08/24/11 The Earthquake That Was Felt In Greenwich Is Still The Talk Of The Town, Despite The Poor Local Coverage In The Greenwich Time

THE GREENWICH TIME'S LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE IS A JOKE

Hearst Newspapers daily illustrates a point on what’s wrong with much of the “local news media” today.

The Greenwich Time's news gatherers with great access to specific click of the town's news makers and they are inclined to ‘pitch them softballs’ rather than ask the more important in-depth questions.

The good news (pun intended) here is that access is rarely an absolute requirement for solid, in-depth reporting. In fact, with smart research (clue sniffing) and an understanding of the beat they cover a news gatherer can dig deep and drill out the facts to develop a good story with.

There is a reason that the money losing Greenwich Time can only distribute 5,000 to 6,000 papers a day and that the New York Times has a better penetration rate in the area.

Greenwich Time reporters just run town hall and board of education press releases through the spell checker, before hitting the publish button. If the Greenwich Time wants to stop its steady decline, then it needs to get and hit the bricks and talk to the towns taxpayers and parents..

Yesterday Greenwich Was A Buzz About The Earthquake And The Greenwich Time's Website Had No Local Coverage And Regurgitated Connecticut Post Reports Out Of Bridgeport.

08/23/11 CT BREAKING NEWS: Earthquake Shakes Greenwich And The Eastern Seaboard - Where Is The Greenwich Timw? (UPDATED)

02:08:00 PM

http://greenwichroundup.blogspot.com/2011/08/082311-ct-breaking-news-earthquake.html

08/23/11 Greenwich Post Breaking News Alert: Earthquake strikes Virgina, tremors felt in Greenwich - Where's The Greenwich Time? (UPDATED)

02:38:00 PM

http://greenwichroundup.blogspot.com/2011/08/082311-greenwich-post-breaking-news.html

08/23/11 BREAKING NEWS: Indian Point in Abnormal Operating Procedures - Greenwich Could Potentially Be At Risk: Where is the Greenwich Time? (UPDATED)

03:58:00 PM

http://greenwichroundup.blogspot.com/2011/08/082311-breaking-news-indian-point-in.html

08/23/11 THERE WAS NO EARLY WARNING: Animals at Greenwich Kennel Didn't React To Quake (Updated)

04:04:00 PM

http://greenwichroundup.blogspot.com/2011/08/082311-there-was-no-early-warning.html

Hearst Newspapers And The Greenwich Time Only Reguritated AP And Regional News Reports Until About Eight O'clock last night.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Seven Hours Later The Greenwich Time Eventually Filed This Local Earthquake Report......

Earthquake felt in Greenwich

Staff reports
Published 07:55 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2011

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Virginia-earthquake-felt-in-Greenwich-2138081.php

GIVE HIM AN E FOR EFFORT: Hearst Newspaper Editor David McCumber Is A Day Late And A Dollars Short, But He Did Manage To Put This Puff Piece Up As His Lead Story On The Greenwich Time Website.....

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You Just Can't Get A More Pitiful Lead Story Than This ....

Could someone go over and shoot the Greenwich Time and put it out of its misery

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