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Want to send your kid to school with a healthy salad you picked up from a deli? Maybe a brownie from your neighbor's bake sale? Too bad, hippie. Your "food" has no place in the public schools.
Orlando Weekly  |  Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes, Justin Strout and Bob Whitby  |  10-01-2008  |  Commentary

Happytown: What Happens When Knights Get Angry?new

A group of jockish University of Central Florida Knights fans have recently taken offense to the city's paper of record, the Orlando Sentinel, with regard to its handling of the death of wide receiver Ereck Plancher. You may recall the paper’s "coach won't talk to us!" martyrdom and laugh a little.
Orlando Weekly  |  Billy Manes, Deanna Morey and Bob Whitby  |  09-12-2008  |  Commentary

The Orlando Sentinel Quietly Hacks Its Newsroom Staffnew

The disassembling of this city's once- proud daily newspaper, as foreshadowed almost a year ago when its parent company was taken over by a multimillionaire businessman with zero media experience, is now in full force, although the paper's powers that be would rather you didn't know about it -- at least not yet.
Orlando Weekly  |  Jeffrey C. Billman  |  07-24-2008  |  Media

Happytown: How Bad Are Things at the Orlando Sentinel These Days?new

We'll let an unnamed Sentinel staffer answer that one: "Apparently the depressing, winnowing months we've been through recently may soon be know[n] as 'the good ol' days.'"
Orlando Weekly  |  Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes and Deanna Morey  |  06-12-2008  |  Media

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