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Northland bus drivers strike - how not to write a story
There is the usual garbage coverage of the Northland bus drivers strike which is now entering its fourth week
Laura MacLean's article in the Huntsville Forrester manages to uncritically regurgitate statements from the company and various businesses but fails to inform readers what the issues are beyond contract negotiations
http://www.huntsvilleforester.com/huntsvilleforester/article/51145
This repeats the pattern set at the start of the dispute when Jack Tynan in the North Star simply reproduced a chunk of company PR as an article including a quote from Beverly Marti to the effect that "We are certainly willing to negotiate. We certainly think we've made a fair and generous offer." It took someone posting a comment to that article to raise the obvious point he should have included "drivers were offered a 3 year deal with 0% pay increase year one, 0% year two, 0% year three, that is what she calls a fair offer?"
http://www.parrysound.com/press/1191422401/
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