Muckracking
A big hats-off to the San Diego Union Tribune for their excellent reportage of late. Back on November 26th, they featured this story on the front page above the fold.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/biotech/20061126-9999-1n26biotech.html
Scroll down... that's a photo of my dad, the headliner. I was happy with the U-T for putting my pops on the cover, even though he hadn't done anything particularly newsworthy.
Then there was today's fine piece of investigative journalism:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/20061226-9999-mz1c26implan.html
Yes, the lead story in the Health section was "breast augmentation surgery." A feature story about boob jobs, people! It was full of salacious details, such as women's sensitivity (often heightened; sometimes reduced in the nipple area) after the operation and the most commonly desired cup size (full C).
All I can say about this is that it takes a lot for a girl to want to cancel her subscription to the newspaper that put her father exactly one month ago. And yet...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/biotech/20061126-9999-1n26biotech.html
Scroll down... that's a photo of my dad, the headliner. I was happy with the U-T for putting my pops on the cover, even though he hadn't done anything particularly newsworthy.
Then there was today's fine piece of investigative journalism:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/20061226-9999-mz1c26implan.html
Yes, the lead story in the Health section was "breast augmentation surgery." A feature story about boob jobs, people! It was full of salacious details, such as women's sensitivity (often heightened; sometimes reduced in the nipple area) after the operation and the most commonly desired cup size (full C).
All I can say about this is that it takes a lot for a girl to want to cancel her subscription to the newspaper that put her father exactly one month ago. And yet...