tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post8887885415838369040..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Answer to a Meme:Fixing the Times?Mayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-44916221182423620662007-03-30T09:57:00.000-07:002007-03-30T09:57:00.000-07:001.) Restrain crazed representatives in the field. ...1.) Restrain crazed representatives in the field. As I passed an LAT table at an outdoor event, a young man asked me to subscribe to a special deal. I said that's okay, I already subscribe. He said I am passing up a great deal. I repeated my statement. He said I should cancel my subscription, start getting it on Sundays only (to save money) and then resubscibe when the new service ran out. I ran away from this very crazy person fast.<BR/><BR/>2.) Shut off the calling machine thats attacking me. I ordered a limited subscription for my dear mother, and now I get calls daily from a machine that tells me I've subscribed. I know that. It's insane that the LAT phone-calling-machine thinks I don't know that. Why does it keep calling me over and over to tell me I subscribed?<BR/><BR/>3.) Don't cancel the Weekly TV Times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-18080174733681021982007-03-29T22:41:00.000-07:002007-03-29T22:41:00.000-07:00The website -- and paper itself, if delivered to h...The website -- and paper itself, if delivered to homes -- should also be customizeable. (That might be a word.) You should get to have the sections or types of stories that matter to you on top. <BR/><BR/>Also, if an article depends at all on a press release, the article should include a link to same. <BR/><BR/>And reporters should require support for assertions, e.g., "due to budget constraints, not enough police were hired" would not fly without a statement as to what "the budget" is. <BR/><BR/>I guess that just boils down to smarter reporters, and no "press release journalism" -- l like that's ever going to happen in this town!<BR/><BR/>Also, when a person is quoted or identified as an expert -- such as "chief economist, Jack Keyser," a link to that person's actual qualifications should be included. Ditto all the phony front organizations for which they work.<BR/><BR/>And free coffee...Walter Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885641116259381431noreply@blogger.com