Comments on: cop roundup

By: Alan Stirling

Alan Stirling — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:09:07 +0000

Thank you Matt Artz for doing “cop round up” and particularly for creating this blog. There is more signifigant news on this blog than all the East Bay papers combined. Please stay on the Fremont beat in spite of the management at the Argus. If they only knew better they would do better.

By: Fremont Lifer

Fremont Lifer — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:57:08 +0000

Although I enjoy and depend on the Beat’s political reporting, I have to admit that I also enjoy the police blotter. I don’t get why the Argus can’t assign someone to transfer this info directly from the daily summary that local media outlets receive from the PD, thereby freeing up Mr. Artz to do more complex reporting. If something on the summary warrants further investigation, then he can follow-up on it, but just listing the daily police calls seems to me to be below his skill level.

California Guy is absolutely right about the Argus – it’s a pathetic excuse for a local paper that contributes very little to the education of local residents. Hence the success of the Beat and other alternative sources. It is difficult to ignore the complicity of the Argus in supporting what it apparently sees as its “base” – the Chamber of Commerce, local business and City management. The residents have deserved better for a very long time.

By: Californiaguy

Californiaguy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:49:28 +0000

Matt,
Sorry your T. Rex bosses have made you do police reports, I preferred the more controversial political articles.
The Argus has never been good at reporting the underbelly of Fremont politics, that is why the good old boy network thrives in Fremont. I hope you have the opportunity to do some real political reporting, but it will not be at the Argus.
You are better reporter then your employer.