American Idol fans want more
Another letter from a reader:
Sir, I have been wondering why the L-E doesnt have coverage of American Idol the day after the competition. I have seen papers in other cities and they at least have wire service stories thatgive us updates. I know you cover Idol online but I like the print version of your newspaper. I believe that this morning we should have gotten the whole story on last night instead of having to go online. The show ended at 9 pm so there is no excuse. I expcet better things from a paper with such a long tradition.
Even Fox TV gives us Idol updates early in the morning. We ought to be able to get it from the newspaper. TV is fine but I love print newspapers and want to trust them for my updates.
And our answer:
Thank you for the note. We make news calls every day for our 100,000-plus readers, and that will by necessity leave out some news. We have a reporter, Sonya Sorich (click here) who has written several dozen Idol stories and does a great blog online, so we certainly consider the series a high-interest item. On this particular day, our news editor found other news to be more compelling and important (dare I say interesting) to our readers, so he made a call. I realize you disagree with the decision, but I trust there were other news or entertainment items in the paper that were of value to you. . . Thank you for reading the paper.
Ben Holden
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MR. HOLDEN, HOW DARE YOU TELL THE IDOL FAN THAT THERE ARE OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST THAT HE CAN READ. I TAKE THAT AS SAYING EITHER YOU READ WHAT I SAY IS PRINTED OR NOTHING AT ALL. SIR, WITH AN ATTITUDE LIKE THAT YOU WILL LOSE FAITHFUL READERS OF THIS PAPER AND THEY WILL TAKE THEIR BUSINESS SOME PLACE ELSE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, THAT IS YOUR OBJECTIVE. YOU IS ONE SELF-CENTERED SOB, WHO HAS NO FEELINGS AS TO GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT OR TO SAY IT IN A NICER WAY ANS SAY THAT YOU'VE REACHED A CONCLUSION THAT SPACE IS LIMITED OR WE'VE DECIDED ON OTHER MATERIALS TO PRINT AT THIS TIME, BUT WE WILL RECONSIDER IN THE NEAR FUTURE OF YOUR REQUEST.
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