Judgement Day

Ok, I'm not sure that Gonzales needs a tabloid for one of our newspapers.  Recently the headlines read in the Gonzales Inquirer read in bold print "Judgement Day".  This for an article that had misinformation and basically stated while there were deficiencies there were not going to be ANY sanctions or penalties being accessed.  So this was so serious that it needed a National Inquirer style title of "Judgement Day"?

I have to tell you I was very disappointed in this headline, and a couple of others lately.  I have never understood what the Inquirers personal vendetta against Mrs Kacir has been all about, but any time her name is in the paper there is a tabloid story that goes with it.  This vendetta goes back over 2 years when she was running for Mayor and the Inquirer was covering up for those at the city.  I really thought when the new regime came in that trash reporting like that would be a thing of the past.

It's a shame too because I thought with real articles like the city 'finding' $250,000 we were moving in the right direction.  That covering the stock show, and doing several other things for the positive of the community were actually going to bring around the paper and start to re-legitimize their place in this community.  They've even taken some interesting angles on some stories that I think have been thought provoking and actually good reporting.

So why would they want to throw in sensationalize, crap reporting that is more acting like 2 year olds than 100+ year old paper that has a long standing reputation in this community?

They acted the same way when they lost the bid at the city.  I'll be honest, the council didn't select the Inquirer exactly BECAUSE of this kind of reporting.  Okay, you might not get someone to fess up to that, but trust me that's the bottom line.  Remember most of the council members that voted that night were directly affected by the Inquirers tabloid reporting 2 years ago.  Things like that are not going to be forgiven or forgotten over night, and continuing to report articles like "Judgement Day" will keep those memories fresh in their mind for that much longer.  But keep reporting real investigative reporting and life in Gonzales and those memories start to fade.

And for the record, I've seen Mrs Kacirs emails attempting to reply too, and give answers to the Gonzales Inquirer.  The Inquirer responded that the word count was to long for their policies, but they didn't report that, and THAT is misinformation when you say that attempts to contact Mrs Kacir went unanswered.  So what the Inquirer posted is a lie!

I don't care if it's the Gonzales Cannon or the Gonzales Inquirer if it's not in the Op-Ed page, then it should be facts, and non-opinionated.  It should not be sensationalized.  If they want to write an opinion article on the facts after writing a story then that's their right! But let's label it correctly.

And that is just MY opinion on the situation.

God Bless,
Dennis