Sometimes you get it right, and sometimes you don’t.
I heard from Chris Anderson, the CEO over at the Orange County Register.
The last line of his note to me more or less summed up his take on those parts of my column yesterday that referenced the Orange County Register and Freedom Communications:
"So basically you didn’t get anything right except the spelling of the editorial staff’s names."
This was in reference to my pointed comments about how the Orange County Register has been silent on the issue of the KOCE sale.
He pointed out that their paper has, in fact, covered the sale, and that there is no deal as of yet with KOCE to lease them space, due to the fact that KOCE’s status is in limbo, but that if they were to come over, they would be charged below-market rates. Anderson told me that, in fact, the space is not currently sitting vacant, but is being used. Lastly, Anderson said that he has never given any direction to the Editorial Staff to not write on this issue.
So, first and foremost, my apologies, Chris. I think my angst that the Register has not provided more in-depth coverage on what I think is a pretty scandolous issues, and my disappointment at the silence of your Editorial Team probably led me to draw some hasty conclusions. For that, I apologize.
That said, I guess it really then begs the question – why the silence from the Editorial Staff?
Steve Greenhut, rooter-out-of-government-abuses-bar-none – where are you??
