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[Mtnchick]

Ah, the joys of living in a small town. Yeah, the paper only comes out once a week but you can be DAMNED sure if there's so much as a typo, someone's going to write a letter to the editor within minutes (and they print ALL letters to the editor - it's fun to watch people fight back and forth just writing letters to the editor.........).

[nonattender]

Sounds like here sometimes.

-t

[LoanChimp]

Sounds like here sometimes.

-t

Shouldn't there be a subject in that sentence?

[onthefence]

and that may get edited before it makes its way to daylight, and at each handoff there are possibilities for misunderstanding.

Good point.  I have had several reporters mention to me how badly the editors hatchet their stories.  Significant details are chopped out to make space.