January 16, 201312 yr weird article (by Horstman, so...): IN-DEPTH: Cashing in assets or selling city's jewels? A. It's not in depth B. it doesn't mention Hamilton County selling off assets in general & parking in particular. C. None of the opponents quoted have a concrete alternative D. well, it's just biased, slanted & pandering. If you can walk like Barry, I don't know why you'd even care about parking. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130112/NEWS0108/301120064 I thought that article was in depth, covered multiple sides or angles.
January 16, 201312 yr Yesterday, for the first time I can remember, I heard a 30 second commercial on 700wlw for The Enquirer. Urging(begging) listeners to pay for a subscription I heard Jim Scott's ad where he says he gets all his news from the print edition and Cincinnati.com. Which is odd as I'd figure 700 and 700wlw.com would at least be his source for "The Big Stories" and "The News That Affects You." "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
January 17, 201312 yr Thought this tweet was very telling. COAST, Smitherman, Enquirer, and 700wlw....They are all on the same page now @917wvxu Discussing the Cinti Retirement System on Impact Cincinnati at 9:20 this morning w/ Chris Smitherman and Barry Horstman.
January 17, 201312 yr Does anybody here pay for the .com enquirer site? We have a group-buy at work. I'm not paying, thankfully.
January 18, 201312 yr The Enquirer would hate me because I don't subscribe (and know how to get around the paywall after 20 articles have been read) and use AdBlock on that ad-infested site when I do visit it.
January 18, 201312 yr I don't know if the enquirer even cares that you have ad block. They probably sell ads based on page views, not on ad views. So it is probably not a big concern to them. Not paying and still reading is a concern for them though.
January 18, 201312 yr The Enquirer would hate me because I don't subscribe (and know how to get around the paywall after 20 articles have been read) and use AdBlock on that ad-infested site when I do visit it. Very easy to get around the paywall, but not much interesting stuff over there these days.
January 18, 201312 yr I don't know if the enquirer even cares that you have ad block. They probably sell ads based on page views, not on ad views. So it is probably not a big concern to them. Not paying and still reading is a concern for them though. Some advertisers don't know much about the web and fair compensation for content providers. I bet there's a lot of them simply paying by the month without even asking about page views, ad views, clickthroughs and monitoring their own web traffic.
January 31, 201312 yr You know it's a slow news day for the Cincinnati Enquirer when the main story on the website - at this very moment - is a rerun of a 40 year old Brady Bunch episode that airs tonight. That's HARD HITTING news right there. You've got to be freaking kidding me.
January 31, 201312 yr ^The sad thing, is that that article will probably get twice as many clicks as the dunhumby Centre article...
February 5, 201312 yr How can the Enquirer have such a different take than the major dailies of the other C's? And one of the takes, by the Dispatch, was an overview of all 3Cs..... http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130203/BIZ01/302030019/Trend-Moving-lower-paying-jobs-burbs?nclick_check=1 http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/02/04/cities-hearts-beating-strong.html http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/02/maintain_the_momentum_toward_a.html Gee, does the Enquirer simply have its finger more on the pulse of its community than the other two newspapers?? All of three which have conservative ownership and editorial bent. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 5, 201312 yr Someone has decided negativity is the best business model. Considering the paper keeps shrinking, the staff keeps shrinking, etc., I am reminded of the quote about the "definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." I wonder what would happen if they tried taking a rational approach instead. Hard to imagine they could do any worse.
February 5, 201312 yr I don't know if that Enquirer story is even a story. I commented on it with the headline - Suburbs Offering More Lower Paying Jobs COA T's headline on the same story was- Remarkable failure by democrat Council -- downtown virtually collapses COA TLand would be a lot cooler with a Milla Jovovich
February 5, 201312 yr Someone has decided negativity is the best business model. Considering the paper keeps shrinking, the staff keeps shrinking, etc., I am reminded of the quote about the "definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." I wonder what would happen if they tried taking a rational approach instead. Hard to imagine they could do any worse. The Plain Dealer was on the same negativity kick about five years ago. Every article about the city seemed to copy and paste the same advertorial text from one to the next: "Today in decaying, rotting Cleveland, this happened...." Sooner or later readers start complaining, and then they stop buying. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 6, 201312 yr Instead, they say, the change mirrors a national trend in which a growing number of companies abandon downtown skyscrapers for suburban office parks, where rent is generally cheaper, parking is often free and payroll taxes tend to be lower. This is what happened to Dayton. Taking a quick look at the article I do not see what you all are bent out of shape about. It seems factual, data-driven.... It also puts a postive spin about the work remaining in downtown Cincy is better-paid, maybe more managerial/professional....just the kind of people who would buy into lofts/condos in the surrounding areas and in downtown proper, and who would support hip & cutting edge eating and drinking places and upscale retail. The lower paying jobs go to suburbia, along with the lower paid workers...which is sort of what you all are advocating here at UO, isn't it? That downtown and center city areas become gentrified and thus preserved and revitalized and the poor and lower paid..along with their jobs... get suffled off to....the suburbs.
February 13, 201312 yr I was a bit surprised by the following tweet from WCPO anchor Kathrine Nero: "Went to #UC for a story, & was really impressed w/the improvements on campus-& the rec center. Wow. #hottestcollegeinamerica @WCPO #9wakeup" So, apparently that was Nero's first time visiting UC's campus since they finished the renovations in 2006! I understand she probably doesn't have too many reasons to visit campus unless she's covering it for a story; I just wish local reporters were as curious as most UrbanOhio forumers when it comes to what's happening in their own city.
February 14, 201312 yr Yeah, and I don't understand why these people don't recognize their Twitter activity shows off their weaknesses more than their strengths.
July 31, 201311 yr Playing the role of Concern Troll (complete with typo in the headline) your Cincinnati Enquirer! EXCLUSIVE: All-Star Game could clost taxpayers $5 million http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130731/NEWS010801/307310061/EXCLUSIVE-All-Star-Game-could-clost-taxpayers-5-million
July 31, 201311 yr Buried in the article is the fact the Reds ponied up $10M for improvements in '09 when they didn't have to. Oh, and the improvements come from the stadium fund which is supported by a sales tax. Concern trolling, indeed.
August 3, 201311 yr Fishwarp closes NKY & Butler County bureaus - Ft Mitchell & Westchester rumored to be next. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/08/02/enquirer-shutters-bureaus-lays-off.html
August 3, 201311 yr Laid off 11 people. I didn't realize they still had 11 people working for the paper.
August 13, 201311 yr It's an article on self-promotion and (possibly) defrauding investors...so naturally The Enquirer grabs a quote from Chris Smitherman: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130812/news/308120116/somolend-deals-city-others-suspended
August 14, 201311 yr The Hamilton County fair has increased attendance steadily 3 years in a row from the Fishwarp: Hamilton County Fair manager 'satisfied' with rise in attendance "Hamilton County Fair organizers fell short of their goal to get 30,000 people through the gates, but they did manage to draw 20,000 people – an 11 percent increase over 2012." The Fishwarp's hatred of this community event just amazes me. Maybe if they reported on it, more people would be interested. Instead, they just continue to grouse about it & play up how pathetic it is compared to the "good ol' days". http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130814/NEWS010801/308140098/Hamilton-County-Fair-manager-satisfied-rise-attendance
August 21, 201311 yr Someone get Hunter out of there. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130820/NEWS0107/308200068/Police-Reporter-committed-no-crime "Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter, who has been sued multiple times by The Enquirer over access to public courtrooms, has accused an Enquirer reporter of forgery." "...the Sheriff’s Office has had its own issues with Hunter, including difficulty in delivering legal documents when she is sued as well as her order to stop shackling defendants – Deters turned to Cincinnati police." Others being targeted include WCPO.
October 15, 201311 yr BREAKING NEWS!! A city worker was overpaid $437 in 2001! http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/15/city-water-worker-paid-for-work-not-done-state-audit-finds/
October 16, 201311 yr oh, lord - now the warp is going to Steve Deiters for commentary... http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/16/why-this-is-the-most-decisive-mayoral-and-council-election-in-years/
October 18, 201311 yr Coverage of the Sycamore High School variety show: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=AB&Date=20131015&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=310150076&Ref=PH&Item=0&fb_action_ids=10202184332350926&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210202184332350926%22%3A579445792114922%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210202184332350926%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
October 18, 201311 yr I remember one day my buddies, a hot girl and I were just walking down the hall in high school and somebody from the local paper took a picture of us. We wound up in the paper for doing absolutely nothing.
October 18, 201311 yr I remember one day my buddies, a hot girl and I were just walking down the hall in high school and somebody from the local paper took a picture of us. We wound up in the paper for doing absolutely nothing. Some friends of mine in Springfield were walking their dog & wanted to smoke a joint but they noticed a guy in the park watching them. Eventually he approached them & identified himslf as being with the local paper & asked if he could use their picture. After they agreed, he left & they got high. Their picture ws posted as a nice young couple walking their dog in a local park. It actually was a kinda nice shot.
November 3, 201311 yr I think, as a follow up to their bizarre endorsement of Cranley for mayor that read like the justifications of an abused spouse to stay with her abuser, the 'Warp offers this article that kinda says, "don't worry, nothing's going to change no matter who gets elected" That paper is getting more like The Village Enquirer every day. Reversing a city's fortunes takes more than 1 election http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131103/NEWS0106/311030024/Reversing-city-s-fortunes-takes-more-than-1-election
November 5, 201311 yr Is anyone aware of a buggier website than www.cincinnati.com? We have become accustomed to the disappearing comment threads, choppy loading, endless pop-up ads, etc. But today a new one: some sort of bug that was requiring me to enter an admin password simply to open a story.
November 13, 201311 yr OK, the day after Fishwarp endorsed Cranley gets elected, the paper runs pro streetcar articles. The day after Cranley announces the parking lease dead, they run an article supporting the parking lease.. Maybe the editorial staff is huffing solvent fumes from their abandoned press rooms...
November 15, 201311 yr It's a shame that newspapers have to narrowcast now since their sales are down a lot.
November 15, 201311 yr The Bleat calls out The Fishwarp's bistro math http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-5277-how_the_enquirer_got_today’s_anti_streetcar_story.html
November 17, 201311 yr It happened to me again and I took a screen shot. So I'm just trying to click on the "cool condos" link and it's asking me to enter an admin password: I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER WEBSITE ON THE ENTIRE INTERNET THAT IS AS RIDDLED WITH BUGS AS CINCINNATI.COM. IT'S WAY WORSE THAN HEALTHCARE.GOV.
November 19, 201311 yr Per the latest streetcar v. weird lookin' bus debate at the Fishwarp, The majority of comments at cincinnati.com are pro streetcar. The votes on their goofy 'interactive' poll are overwhelmingly pro streetcar. But the comments on their FaceBook page are almost exclusively pro weird lookin' bus. Wonder how the brass sees this?
November 19, 201311 yr ^ So, basically, the people who actually read past the headlines are pro-streetcar.
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