Thursday, August 20, 2009

Lazy Journalists flock to Detroit

This article is an excellent read about how journalists keep coming to Detroit to either 1) focus on the same pics of abandonment everyone sees or 2) write the sappy feel good story about how Detroiters are persevering.

http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n8/htdocs/something-something-something-detroit-994.php?page=1

Reality: We need to get in the city and get it going. We need to improve the 50% literacy, the 25% graduation rate... these are fundamental responsibilities all of us share.

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