November 13, 2008
A little self-promotion never hurt anyone…or any newspaper…
…but it was a little obvious today.
In today’s Daily News, it seems a trend has started. Whenever they are first to cover a story, it seems readers will hear about it forever.
Consider today’s paper:
From the story about Carlmont High School’s newspaper:
“As first reported by the Daily Journal Nov. 11…”
From the story about the pot seizure at the house fire in Millbrae:
“As first reported in the Daily Journal Wednesday…”
Watch Dog has no problem with this — I just thought I’d point it out.
In fact, I’ve been pointing out the fact that I was the first to predict the demise of the Palo Alto Police Chief…