The Morning News today continued what appears to be an unofficial series that might as well be titled, “Why you should vote for Republican Lowell Cannaday for sheriff.” Here we are, in the second week of early voting, and the newspaper felt compelled to publish on its front page this not-so-groundbreaking piece about an old topic — Commissioner John Wiley Price’s involvement in the jail. Of course, the goal of the article is to suggest that Price has gotten involved in jail matters because Sheriff Valdez can’t handle them herself. But the reality is, it makes sense for at least one commissioner to be closely involved with jail operations since it’s the county’s largest department and the Commissioners Court is responsible for the budget. Does anyone take The DMN seriously anymore?
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The Dallas Morning News is sliding to irrelevance. Their reporting on local news is marginal at best and so colored by their ideology it’s hardly worth reading. Their web site is cluttered and hard to read, and for the News demographic, that makes little or no sense.
Dallas once had two great papers, the News and The Times Herald. Unfortunately, both are gone. The Herald was hit by the problems in afternoon delivery and the News is dying from its own stubborn editorial policy.
Dallas has turned blue in recent years but the News continues to be a bastion of conservatism and as such will fade away. It will be a pity to be in a major city without a daily newspaper.