Since The Arizona Republic disemboweled itself (corporate-style) earlier this year, they took an already weak big-city daily (which relied heavily on AP wire stuff) and are flying downhill. Never mind the fact that the paper is routinely criticized for being in bed with downtown, big-business and real estate interests. Very rarely does the paper take courageous investigative approaches - they instead settle for overly focused watered down community reporting.
I rarely turn to the USA Today-owned Republic for my news consumption because the reporting is rarely comprehensive or relevant. .
When your serious big-city newspaper finds itself having to resort to social networking web strategies to keep the lowest common denominator satisfied, you know your newspaper has lost any shred of credibility.
Next!