First, Pulse of the Twin Cities was shocked and saddened by the assault on news people in North Minneapolis. We have many friends in the media. We don't want to see anyone get hurt, least of all our friends. Second, we don't believe there is such a thing as "fair" and "objective" reporting. Any time anyone tells you they're being fair and objective, it generally means they're defending the status quo. All reporting is done from a point of view. A good newspaper is honest and upfront about where they're coming from. Pulse is an alternative newspaper. We report events from the point of view of people who are being pushed around by the system, by the government, by the economy, by whatever. We don't trust the government, and we don't trust the police. Lydia Howell went into the street just after the riot and talked to people at ground zero. We felt they had a right to tell their story, and we felt we had a responsibility to report it. Howell went on to explain how the straight media is perceived by many in the Jordan Neighborhood as the mouthpiece of the government and the police. Does anyone seriously doubt this? We felt it was important to publish that analysis. We don't apologize for any of that. Finally, if there is to be meaningful change in the Jordan Neighborhood, or in the Central or Phillips Neighborhoods, then the powers that be are going to have to listen to the people in those neighborhoods. The people in those neighborhoods are going to have to be given the power to control their own destinies. We would ask no less for ourselves, we should demand no less for them. Ed Felien, Publisher
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