Romenesko Letters
Alan Mutter calls Tribune reporter
Kevin Pang an "enterprising journalist [who] not only deceived the Sun-Times and, by extension, the public" with his video submission. Pang says Mutter's self-description as a "Newsosaur" seems right on the mark -- "an antiquated, Ben Hechtian view of how newsrooms should operate. The idea that everything we do should have a FOIA request attached is journalism elitism at its most pretentious."
I am from Chicago and so for better or worse...