And the reporters come out lazy again:
But then later the reporter, in the same article, writes:In a new twist, a 15-foot, inflatable rat was positioned on the sidewalk in front of the high-profile site, in an effort to call additional attention to the labor action.
So which is it, Ms. Linstedt? Is this a new tactic or are you just trying to give fresh legs to the union's old and tired visual grab for publicity?This is not the first time recently that local building trades unions have picketed downtown construction sites to raise concerns over use of open-shop workers. Last summer, a large contingent of union representatives and the giant rat set up shop at the future home of HealthNow, along the downtown section of the I-190 to protest the hiring of a non-union firm to perform environmental remediation of the site.
And where was your editor on this poor piece of reporting?
Do either of you have pride in your craft? Are you embarrassed by this?
Or are you surprised that anyone noticed? Do you really hold your readers in such low regard that: A)You didn't think we would remember the rat from the HealthNow stories last year; and B)You even put the HealthNow reference in your story to flaunt how dumb you think we are.
Shame on you, Ms. Linstedt. For your penance, you're sentenced to the police blotter for three weeks.
And then we expect you to think when you write, and to hold your readership in reverential awe.