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Before I forget, I wanted to pass along some information from a promotional email I received this week regarding a "conversation about your newspaper" that the News Tribune is hosting tonight at 6:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Tribune's Baker Community Room and will be moderated by Joanne Lisosky, associate professor, Communications and Theatre at Pacific Lutheran University. Along with the News Tribune's non-caucusing editorial board, the "conversation" will include a "panel of distinguished newspaper and communications experts."

Isn't that special. I wonder if David Zeeck will bake cookies?

Not only has the Tribune openly assumed they are, in fact, "your" newspaper in this email, but they've gone to the great length of inviting a "distinguished panel of experts" to talk journalism  with them and the community.That's a fairly ironic proposition.

First of all, the Tribune isn't my newspaper. Let's make that clear.

Secondly, perhaps this "distinguished panel of experts" will have some insights to offer the Tribune's editorial staff about why stories like this one suck, stories like this one don't deserve the ink they're printed on, and stories like this one are just plain embarrassing.

Here's to hoping...for "your" sake.