Read at the website warktimes.com... here:
Tantramar candidates call for town to restore contact info. on new website |
for contact info for candidates in today's election, check here:
Elections NB - Unofficial list of candidates & plebiscites
Some commentary found at the Bruce Wark article here:
"Bruno says:
Bruce, do you ever look in the mirror yourself and wonder “am I part of the problem here?” Council faces more harassment and abuse than ever before- your little blog contributes to that. I don’t blame them one bit for making it harder for people to contact them. Shame on you! You’re part of the problem!"
Bruno, I’d say this is a classic case of blaming or “shooting” the messenger. Bruce provides solid, journalistically sound, relevant news coverage on his website. He does not control what people say about the news on various social media sites (and I agree with you that people say a lot of garbage in various FB comments).
It’s true that if we didn’t have Bruce’s reporting, we wouldn’t have news that sometimes looks bad on Town Council or administration (e.g., the fire dept. problems). But not reporting on local issues doesn’t make the issues go away.
Good journalism shines a light on issues that those in public office would often prefer remain out of the public eye. If you can point to any misinformation or inaccuracies in Bruce’s reporting, please do. But let’s not blame journalists and local news reporting for (often anonymous) FB trolls who spread misinformation or people who behave rudely."
Bruce doesn’t have an editor. He’s not a reporter. He desperately needs an editor to remind him to at least try to accurately represent the facts from time to time."
Again, I would ask you for some examples from Bruce’s articles to back up your assertion.
By credentials alone, Bruce is a respected journalist (professor emeritus of journalism from University of King’s College; retired CBC reporter and editor where he produced The House, World at Six, World Report, and Sunday Magazine, and served as national reporter for the Maritimes & Queen’s Park reporter in Ontario; columnist at the Halifax Daily News & the Coast; journalist at 3 private radio stations before CBC. If that’s not a reporter, I don’t know what is.)
All journalists’ best editors are the public: If reporters misrepresent things and get facts wrong, they lose public trust and are no longer a credible source of news. Bruce is always quick to respond and correct when he gets anything wrong, like any respectable news outlet.
Finally, as Bruce’s spouse and a former journalist at the Ottawa Citizen & editing instructor myself (now a research librarian), I play an unofficial role as his editor! I don’t oversee everything he writes, but I do provide a second set of eyes and advice when I think a story should have a different focus or could use some tweaking. Again, if you see mistakes, please let Bruce know."
