UNASKED QUESTIONS 3

posted by James Reel

    Part of an occasional series in which I whine about sloppy journalism …
    This article tells us that 100 people showed up to support a school superintendent who seems in danger of losing his job eight months before he retires. It also tells us that three school board members who apparently want him out didn’t bother to attend the meeting, thus denying the occasion of a quorum. But absolutely nowhere in the story does the reporter explain why three out of the five board members want to fire the superintendent. What do they think he has done, or failed to do? That’s the real story here, which would require some research and interviewing to deliver, but all we get is a quick eyewitness report of somebody who showed up to a non-meeting.