David Brauer says: I was only referring to Wizard's notion that the Strib
had overplayed this story, and make the point that interesting things
rank high in public attention, not just important things.
Peter Schmitz responds: David, correct me if I'm wrong, but as a
professional journalist
Peter T Schmitz wrote:
David Brauer says: I was only referring to Wizard's notion that the Strib
had overplayed this story, and make the point that interesting things
rank high in public attention, not just important things.
WM: The Strib has the job of ranking stories. The story shuffled to
1. To the criticism that the Strib is making a mountain out of a molehill...
this list has spent countless bytes debating unisex bathrooms. 'Nuff said.
2. To criticism that the Strib's Rochelle Olson is carrying R.T. Rybak's
water: Anyone who writes that doesn't know Rochelle - she is a person of
David Brauer says: To the criticism that the Strib is making a mountain
out of a molehill... this list has spent countless bytes debating unisex
bathrooms. 'Nuff said.
Peter responds: Inane threads on this list (and I, myself, had nothing
to say about the unisex bathrooms) do not justify
Right on David.
What irks me most of all about the whole thing is Johnson Lee's insinuation
that the cop 'didn't know she was a council member'. So what. She's the one
rallying that everyone be treated equally, but gets pissy because she wasn't
recognized as some sort of local celebrity. Tough
Peter Schmitz says:
Peter responds: Inane threads on this list snip do not justify inane,
mean-spirited
and racist stories that appear in the Strib.
I was only referring to Wizard's notion that the Strib had overplayed this
story, and make the point that interesting things rank high in public
