"A significant reason for the lack of diversity of thought in Fresno is the minimal outlet for non-Beelike opinions."
Tell that to the people working on The Undercurrent and the Community Alliance.
"Fresno is a one-horse town."
Now you're just being short-sighted. As you mourn the death of Famous, you loose your embrace on one of Famous's most basic ideas: Fresno is a pretty cool town. Famous works to abolish thinking like this.
"The Bee will tell it differetly. But their actions speak louder than their many, many, many words."
You're right. Instead of castigating The Bee before they do anything to Famous, why don't you wait and see if and how things change.
"But the Bee running Fresno Famous is like Justin Timberlake covering Black Flag."
Famous is its community. The content is community-driven and community-focused. If your concern is that the content is going to wane, then do what you can to make it better. If you feel that this purchase means that The Bee is going to dillute the message, I refer you to a quote from the announcement:
"Bender said FresnoFamous.com will be managed independently of the newspaper's news or editorial-page operations and won't censor or limit commentary beyond the standard practice of removing posts that are obscene or hateful."
"A significant reason for the lack of diversity of thought in Fresno is the minimal outlet for non-Beelike opinions."
Tell that to the people working on The Undercurrent and the Community Alliance.
"Fresno is a one-horse town."
Now you're just being short-sighted. As you mourn the death of Famous, you loose your embrace on one of Famous's most basic ideas: Fresno is a pretty cool town. Famous works to abolish thinking like this.
"The Bee will tell it differetly. But their actions speak louder than their many, many, many words."
You're right. Instead of castigating The Bee before they do anything to Famous, why don't you wait and see if and how things change.
"But the Bee running Fresno Famous is like Justin Timberlake covering Black Flag."
Famous is its community. The content is community-driven and community-focused. If your concern is that the content is going to wane, then do what you can to make it better. If you feel that this purchase means that The Bee is going to dillute the message, I refer you to a quote from the announcement:
Disclosure: I work for The Fresno Bee.