sbaradell

I think Jim has done some good work. However, he has the same problem that his predecessor Laura Miller had; he's a conspiracy theorist at heart, and will fill in the blanks with polemic where the facts are missing. I know this from personal experience, because I worked at Belo and I know for a fact that many of the things Jim postulated about Robert Decherd were untrue and, additionally, cruel. I don't think that's a combo to be proud of. Robert is a real person with real values and his heart in the right place. I have worked with many executives in town, and I know how lucky we are that our newspaper is owned by someone with real moral principles and a real love of and respect for journalism. That's fact, and I know it's fact because I worked with Robert for three years and saw it. Jim talked to the whisperers in the corners of City Hall and made up some juicy bulls--t; since that kind of lazy journalism is addictive, I suspect it's not the only time.