East Tennessee newspaper ridicules it’s readers
Newspapers readership is on the decline and it amazes me how the Kingsport Times-News continues to show their personal agenda in their reporting.
Take for example, the January 16, 2009 editorial titled, “Lawyers the only winners in annexation lawsuits” which appears to attack the folks that had lawsuits with the city.
Citizens for Home Rule has won annexation lawsuits in the past and in my view, the citizens have a right to sue the city. I have to admire the Citizens for Home Rule attorney for being upfront with the folks who filed the lawsuits what they were up against and the costs.
The editorial seems to know what the outcome of the trial would have been and does not even consider that there could be a chance that the people may have prevailed.
My point here is, there is a pattern with the Kingsport Times-News defending the City of Kingsport. Writing an article with the city’s viewpoint is fine, but why not do an article from the people viewpoint who are affected by annexation. The newspaper just might find that they might retain more customers.
Attacking or ridiculing the readers is a sure way to lose business! Is this editorial part of the City of Kingsport celebration because the lawsuits have been dropped? See link: “Annexation lawsuits dropped in East Tennessee city”