Wednesday, August 23, 2006
THE BALTIMORE EXAMINER
The Examiner is a new phenomenon that started showing up on people’s doorsteps a little while ago; I don’t think it’s been a whole year yet. It bills itself as an alternative to the Baltimore Sun (not to be mistaken for an “alternative newspaper”). Whatever. I get it because it’s free and it started showing up on my doorstep, right next to its aforementioned competition.
The format differs widely from most newspapers in that the articles it presents are pretty short and don't go into much detail. Usually it;s just a headline and a couple paragraphs. There are letters to the editor and essays in the back, but it has a very rushed feel to it. Omissions of text and typographical errors are common, and they are constantly printing corrections of same. In their rush to save space, aside from errors they sometimes wind up with unfortunate choices of grammar. Such as an article in today’s Examiner:
“COSBY DELIVERS MESSAGE AND LAUGHS AT THREE SCHOOLS”
Now, I know he’s been very public about his viewpoints on the state of affairs in the black community, but I have to ask: why did he choose those three schools to laugh at?
The Examiner is a new phenomenon that started showing up on people’s doorsteps a little while ago; I don’t think it’s been a whole year yet. It bills itself as an alternative to the Baltimore Sun (not to be mistaken for an “alternative newspaper”). Whatever. I get it because it’s free and it started showing up on my doorstep, right next to its aforementioned competition.
The format differs widely from most newspapers in that the articles it presents are pretty short and don't go into much detail. Usually it;s just a headline and a couple paragraphs. There are letters to the editor and essays in the back, but it has a very rushed feel to it. Omissions of text and typographical errors are common, and they are constantly printing corrections of same. In their rush to save space, aside from errors they sometimes wind up with unfortunate choices of grammar. Such as an article in today’s Examiner:
“COSBY DELIVERS MESSAGE AND LAUGHS AT THREE SCHOOLS”
Now, I know he’s been very public about his viewpoints on the state of affairs in the black community, but I have to ask: why did he choose those three schools to laugh at?
# posted by Renfield @ 10:22 AM 
