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SLO New Times Apologizes for Meth Storynew
The public reaction to the alt-weekly's Feb. 2 issue, which contained a recipe for methamphetamine, dominates this week's issue. In the cover story, Jim Mullin, the paper's new editor, apologizes for provoking community outrage and laments lost readers, distribution points and advertising. Mullin, who was editor of the Miami New Times for 18 years before joining the San Luis Obispo paper, says the meth story "strained to the breaking point a trust that had steadily developed over two decades." He says the paper chose not to use a "scolding" tone in order to avoid alienating young readers, but the "use of sarcasm, designed to hold reader interest, alienated some who believed the subject was too serious to be treated flippantly." This week's issue also includes dozens of angry letters, including those sent by the city's mayor and chief of police.
San Luis Obispo New Times |
02-10-2006 10:29 am |
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SLO New Times Meth Story Sparks Controversynew
According to NBC-affiliate KSBY, some area residents were upset by the paper's Feb. 2 cover package on methamphetamine, which included a recipe for manufacturing the drug. After the paper hit the streets, one former meth user suggested that citizens should take matters into their own hands: "Everybody should just get [copies of the paper] and burn them. It's just ridiculous." The next day, KSBY reported that "angry readers, recovering addicts, police, and drug counselors" were removing papers from the streets and pressuring store managers to do the same. Andrew Carter of Cellular One, which spends $52,000 annually advertising on the back cover of the New Times, said, "As the lead advertiser in the publication, they've not only, in my mind, embarrassed themselves, but they've embarrassed us." SLO New Times Managing Editor King Harris noted that "instructions for making meth are readily available on the Internet" and said the paper's intention was to inform people, "especially worried parents, about what to look for and what to consider suspicious."
KSBY TV |
02-06-2006 7:56 am |
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SLO New Times' Subhead Not Defamatory, Court Rulesnew
Editor & Publisher |
09-27-2005 11:23 am |
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A Tribute to Steve Mossnew
The publisher and co-founder of San Luis Obispo New Times was found dead at his home on Sunday morning, perhaps a victim of his ongoing battle with epilepsy. This week's issue features remembrances from colleagues and friends. Former managing editor Marla J. Pugh says, "The essence of New Times was -- and I hope always will be -- Steve Moss. His extreme personality lives on in the paper he created." Glen Starkey, a New Times writer, offers: "Steve was a maverick. He was a leader. He was a friend. He was the best of us, and we'll miss him."
San Luis Obispo New Times |
04-28-2005 12:31 pm |
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SLO New Times Announces Passing of Publisher Steve Moss
04-25-2005 6:49 pm |
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San Luis Obispo New Times Founder/Publisher Found Deadnew
San Luis Obispo Tribune |
04-25-2005 4:11 pm |
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TV Couple Flees After SLO New Times' Storynew
On Oct. 3, New Times published a short news article about the lewd behavior conviction of Kevin Graves, a producer and television personality at KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo. The conviction, handed down seven months earlier, never made it into the news until it appeared in New Times. Graves is married to Sharon Graves, a popular weather forecaster on the same station. When the New Times story broke, Sharon Graves abruptly quit her job and left SLO County with her husband and children. The public response to the family's sudden departure was overwhelming, with most callers and letter writers decrying New Times decision to publish the story. In this week's issue, New Times asks several journalists and local personalities: Was the furor the downside to aggressive journalism in a small community? Or was it a case of a newspaper publishing something that should rightfully have remained a secret in the interests of individual privacy?
San Luis Obispo New Times |
10-18-2002 4:08 pm |
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San Luis Obispo New Times Starts Second Weekly
New paper will serve residents of agricultural valley, owner says.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
08-03-2000 11:51 am |
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San Luis Obispo Writer Wins International Award
SLO New Times' Jeff McMahon awarded Golden Quill for second straight year.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
06-27-2000 11:51 am |
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AAN Papers Dominate CNPA Awards
Six Members Garner 22 Awards.
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Patrick Sullivan |
07-13-1999 11:51 am |
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