It helps to read the paper before complaining about what is not in it

The angry calls and e-mails erupted Tuesday.

“Why aren’t you covering the ACORN video story?!! There’s nothing in the paper on it! There’s nothing on your Web site!”

Actually, there were two AP stories in the paper this past week when the strange tale of the guerrilla videographers, posing as a pimp and a prostitute catching ACORN representatives on tape giving advice on how to get a mortgage and dodge taxes for their illicit business venture, first broke. And, yes, those stories were accessible on our Web site, you just had to dig down a bit and search for them. There is a news story and a column in today’s paper.

One “gentleman” was particularly, amusingly huffy when I suggested he might try subscribing to the paper if he wanted the news. He replied, “Buy the paper? Wow, is this your idea of effective marketing? I don’t spend money on other people’s agendas like those commonly found in the RJ.”

How would he know?

If you wish to complain about what the paper is not doing, it might help to read the paper. It gives you a greater level of credibility.

Video can sure press people’s hot buttons. Here is an example of the work of James O’Keefe, 25, and his sidekick Hannah Giles, 20, but you can see all four (so far) at biggovernment.com:

Oh yes, and there was this cartoon by Jim Day: