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August 29, 2009
CNG Watch: Bloomberg interviews, sandwich war, and "banned" book, but nothing on the Carlton Avenue Bridge
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The Brooklyn Paper and the Courier Life are both falling down on the job in reporting the delayed reconstruction of the Carlton Avenue Bridge. This news came to light only because of a Freedom of Information request made by Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn.
Both major Brooklyn weekly newspapers (owned by Rupert Murdoch's Community Newspaper Group) this week put Mayor Mike Bloomberg's interview with the CNG reporters and editors on the front page. It was a reasonable choice and the Courier-Life article even incorporated some critical feedback from Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's Daniel Goldstein.
The Brooklyn Paper (right) made the interview the lead story, with the entertaining tale of a battle between two Vietnamese sandwich shops as the off-lead. The Courier-Life (at left, below) placed the interview as the off-lead (which couldn't fit in the scan I made), while placing a story about the Brooklyn Public Library "banning" a book as the lead.
Neither saw fit to cover the clearly documented news, published on Tuesday morning, well before their deadlines, that the reopening of the Carlton Avenue Bridge would be delayed until at least January 2011 and likely far longer.
Yes, both produce a lot of copy with a handful of reporters, but they are not informing their readers of some important news.
Posted by steve at August 29, 2009 10:00 AM