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Originally Posted by garinda
I'm not going to criticise individual local journalists, as I think the fact that they're so widely spread, puts them in a difficult situation, with regards to investing time spent on uncovering scoops.
However I do think ignoring the information in this thread, which could have blown holes in a nationally and internationally reported story, was a missed oportunity, for someone to make their mark in what's become a very hard industry to work in.
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I can see your point Rindi, but not too long ago the local reporters didn't have Accy Web, but still managed to find interesting local stories, through their contacts, its not that long ago the Mervyn used to ring me at home asking if I had heard about something going on in Ossy, and was able to point him in the right direction. In those days Observer reporters got up off their backsides and went out into the community looking for stories, not sitting at the end of a phone hopping for it to ring