Grumpy Old Man
Striker
The Sheffield Echo is not worth a second glance at now. Not like the old days.. It is a pathetic imitation of what used to be a very good read..and the price, have you seen the price for buying what is ostensibly a bunch of adverts.. I'd rather read the telephone book.![]()
All local papers are the same - if you look at the byelines in the Bristol Post, the people writing the stuff are all from two local agencies (and there's only around half a dozen of them in total). Basically, they regurgitate press releases, cut and paste stuff provided from higher up the food chain in the group they're part of, hang around the courts in the hopes of something juicy coming up, and follow up the odd story dropped on their laps by someone with an axe to grind. Tis last category is the closest they get to real journalism. I have no doubt they get a pittance for their efforts.