Today in the blogworld the question has been asked should a newspaper owner\editor be running for a public office?
Today is the local election for City Council in Waynesboro and Chris Graham is seeking that office. He is also the owner\editor of the Augusta Free Press media website and has been active investigating and reporting local news events for the community over the years.
Questions have come up why Graham has not been confronted about this issue by other candidates or the local newspaper. The truth is this may not be such a big issue for this “unique” situation has happened in the past and a well educated public can and will decide for themselves if there is any bias in the news service they choose.
A little research finds that Louis Spillman was the founder, owner, and editor of the Waynesboro NewsVirginian and also held the office of city council. In fact the ability and understanding of asking the proper questions when needed as a news reporter should provide valuable in depth knowledge of the workings of the local government. This could be a valuable tool and viewpoint needed as a member of the city council…
Bringing prior training and business knowledge into a government position is a valuable and beneficial asset and should be viewed that way. In fact the attractiveness of sending a experienced business owner and operator to Richmond to represent the taxpaying citizens of Virginia is something many of us worked for in the recent past…
Another unique advantage and benefit of the Free Market system is that if the media owner\editor brings an unfair bias to his news service the reader and subscriber will see that and the business will fail…
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2 comments:
Looks like he isnt goin to win, Thank God. IF he had been elected how could any public official in this area be able to have a one on one conversation with him about issues and not worry about information being posted in his news articles.
Closed sessions would have been very interesting with Graham on council.
And would not Graham and his business have to stand up to his "Leak" of information if he chose to do that?
Unfortunately "Leaks" have become a part of the system as evident by the leak of information about the Mega-Site project. We know who did that but they were not held responsible. A council member who violated trust to use info in a story for his paper would have been out of business in no time...
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