Yesterday the Times printed this letter to the editor:
Editor,
The El Paso Times’ headlong plunge into irrelevancy continues. Apparently you feel no need to provide useful information to the community. You print page after color page of pictures of people standing around doing nothing, and waste space on mazes, horoscopes and religion. When an event happens that brings El Paso positive attention, I would think you would cover it. But no. I guess you’re too busy looking up bible quotes.
On Saturday, December 14, a ceremony took place to dedicate the official historical marker commemorating the 1953 crash of a B-36 bomber in the Franklin Mountains. The El Paso Community Foundation, El Paso County Historical Society, Texas Parks and Wildlife, other organizations and many volunteers worked for months planning this event. The families of three of the nine airmen killed in the crash attended. Some came from as far away as Pennsylvania. The families were overwhelmed by the way El Paso honored their loved ones who died here 60 years ago. This was a heartwarming human-interest story that would surely have garnered national attention. But did the Times cover it? No. There was not an article, a paragraph, a sentence, or a word. NOTHING!
All of you on the Times staff should be ashamed of yourselves for completely ignoring this important, historic event that would have shown El Paso in an extremely positive light.
Terry Sunday
West El Paso
Terry and I are members of some of the same Meet-up Groups here in El Paso. He's right on point. Like him, I get tired of the wasted pages of space in the Times. (I also get tired of some of the useless fillers on Television news.) I have only kept the subscription to the Times going because of my habit of reading a newspaper and drinking a cup of coffee first thing in the morning. My tablet may very soon make the printed paper unnecessary. Besides, the El Paso Times never lasts beyond one cup of coffee!
On the other hand, and in their defense, it is hard to cover a story if you don't know about it. Terry's letter was the first time that Editor Bob Moore heard about the event. If our heritage, environmental, conservation and outdoors recreation communities are going to go mainstream in El Paso, they need to get coverage by going after it.
Elpasonaturally will begin (for a nominal fee) issuing press releases and calling members of the press for these groups.
Email me or call me at 915-525-7364 and let's get the good news published!
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