06/07/08 The Greenwich Post Says That The Greenwich Time And First Selectman Peter Tesei Are Wrong!!!!

Greenwich Post Web Site Continues To
Deliver Wrong Information To It's Readers

Island policy here to stay

By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer

Reverting to a policy that restricts nonresidents from riding town ferries unless they are accompanied by a resident would be impossible to justify if challenged in court, First Selectman Peter Tesei said yesterday.

"Like I said, it's pretty straightforward. You look at all the facts that are out there on the table, I think that's a likely conclusion that most people can draw," Tesei said.

Tesei was responding to an onslaught of criticism from residents over allowing outsiders to ride the ferries to Island Beach and Great Captains Island for the first time this past weekend. About one-third of the ferry passengers were from out of town during one stretch Sunday afternoon, drawing the ire of Greenwich residents who said they pay for the upkeep of the ferries and islands.

"They come in. They take over the whole island. I don't think it's right. I think it's awful," said Mary Pellegrino....


The Greenwich Post is still reporting today.....

Jazz on the Sound begins June 22

...The next concert of the season will be on Sunday, July 13. Rain dates for all Jazz on the Sound concerts are the following Sunday. You must be a resident of Greenwich and possess a current beach card to ride the ferry.

Please see:

06/16/08 The Greenwich Post Editor Looks Like A Fool By Running Parks Depepartment Press Releases Through A Spell Checker And Then Publishing Them As News


Greenwich Media's Watchdog:

Greenwich Roundup leaves no stone unturned as they bring you news and commentary on the world of Greenwich News media.

One way in which people who write blogs and people in the "mainstream media" are alike is their endless fascination with examining themselves and their colleagues/counterparts.

Not that there's anything wrong with that, if you are interested in such things, which not only media people are.

And it's just not the main stream media that needs to be examined.

Blogger's often get the story wrong plus no one ever looks into the fact that the blogosphere is an overly chummy place.

Please see this article about how sports blogs need to be held accountable....

Do you have any thoughts on why blogs are less critical of other blogs?

Blogs are suffering from the same problem as the Mainstream Media.

We think if we ignore our shortcomings, no one will notice them.

Greenwich Roundup has started to fill the void and began the process of holding blogs accountable, just as we have started to hold Greenwich Newspapers accountable.

There are some reporters who think that there is not an audience for media accountability in Greenwich, but they are wrong.

In fact, many Greenwich News readers have felt that sorry state of local reporting in Greenwich needs to be exposed.

If the local media is not accountable, then our local politician's official will not be accountable. The single family home-owners need to know what is really going on at Town Hall and the school administration offices.

Just as there is a good-old-boys network among local cable, newspapers and and radio news reporters.

There is also a good-old boys network amoung bloggers that will eventually get shaken up.

Lips will get removed from asses at some point.

Some political insiders and government officials say that the local media or bloggers should have opened a can of whip ass on Greenwich Roundup a long time ago.

We say bring it on - This is America.

We are ready, willing and able to compete in the marketplace of ideas.

• We think we will win the argument that local Greenwich media and some bloggers do not hold the dysfunctional Board of Education and failed school administrators accountable as the waste 120 million a year.

• And we think we will win the argument that local Greenwich media and some bloggers do not hold town officials accountable and treat the single family home-owners of Greenwich like second class citizens.

• We also think that we will win the argument that local Greenwich media and almost every Greenwich blogger ignores members of Greenwich society who live on the west side of town.

Greenwich Roundup might be not be as pretty as the mainstream Greenwich news web sites, nor are we as slick as many of the local blog sites, but it's not about being who has the prettiest presence on the web.

Greenwich Roundup might be the the junkyard dog of Greenwich Media, but this junkyard dog intend to be a Greenwich's Media Watchdog.

It's time for the "pretty" local media outlets to wake up and remember.....

"The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

Finley Peter Dunne

This famous quote is about a hundred years old and just as true today as it was then.

Bad journalism comforts the comfortable and afflicts the afflicted.

That is a breach of journalistic duty.

We need local journalists to step up to the plate and get at the truth and to keep watch against abuses of power.

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