Friday, June 5, 2009

Times Daily, bought again?

Some of us at the Shoals Insider have been mystified by the Times Daily's apparent refusal to cover any aspect of the recently passed Alabama patient safety bill.

The bill requires hospitals to collect data on the number of hospital acquired staph infections.

We have received several e-mails from patient safety advocates from across the state of Alabama, asking us why the TD refuses to run anything, even the mere mention of the bill.

Maybe we should connect the dots. The Times Daily's largest advertisers are Helen Keller Hospital and ECM. Don't believe me? Open the newspaper any given day. You will see what I mean.

One employee confirmed the figure Keller spends with the TD is close to one half a million dollars in advertising.

We at Shoals Insider feel the Shoals area is very blessed to have the three great hospitals we do. They are all full of hard working men and women dedicated to patient care. One hospital has garnered an award for patient safety.

In a recent Times Daily column, written by a senior editor, he used words like the "sacred" and "trust" in regards to journalistic integrity. This is probably true. Unless it deals with big spending advertisers.

We have several friends at the Times Daily. We are sure their lack of coverage on the safety bill is just an oversight.
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RAZZ said...

For years, the first classified ad was AAA Blossom, EVERY day. Aware that this Sheffield business was storefront prostitution, the Times Daily valued their business, and refused to pull that ad. Straight out, the Times Daily promoted prostitution...er..."lingeree modeling and massage", for their small cut from that operation. A quote from the publisher's office..."they pay their bill". I guess it would be accurate to say, ANYTHING goes, as long as they pay.

June 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM

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