Bellingham Herald editors cannot count
Front page headline this morning reads “War enters fourth year”. Sorry, it is entering the fifth year. This for their most bold headline - and probably seen by 5 or 10 people before it ran. Unfortunat
Front page headline this morning reads “War enters fourth year”. Sorry, it is entering the fifth year. This for their most bold headline - and probably seen by 5 or 10 people before it ran. Unfortunat
The Herald editors have trouble with numbers on a frequent basis. Last week, during their pseudo celebration of 'sunshine week' they stated our Public Disclosure Act is 24 years old, when it is actually 34 years old. I informed them of that and other factual errors they printed about our meetings and records laws but no corrections were printed. I wonder if they as individuals really know very much about our state laws on open government. From what they printed, they do not.
The Herald is also ignoring the Ellen Murphy trial since their one piece on March 3. One article on a Saturday - the least-read issue of the week - and nada since. Their normal practice on news that is embarrassing to local public officials is to not follow the news but rather run one or a very few wrap-up articles and then never mention it again. I shall continue to prod them here. This news is very embarrassing to Judge Lev, the city attorney, and Rick Larsen and his staff. I thank Sharon Crozier for covering this and posting her articles here.