| The Story | The papers jump all over the
story of Justice of the Peace C.D. Archer accusing Bridgeport Police of
violating a 13 year old boys civil rights. |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | *** |
| The Spin | We're not saying he's right
or wrong. However, this country would be a better place if the police
were called on the carpet more often for wrongdoing by those that work
with them. |
| The Story | That same story gave rise to a
peaceful protest in Bridgeport. Reports had it that Telemundo was there
to cover it. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | We never saw it, but,
Telemundo being Telemundo, we bet there was an extremely hot anchor
woman introducing the news story. |
| The Story | Decatur Mayor Joe Lambert voices
his complaints about garage sale signs stapled to utility polls. The
Messenger even ran a photo of him ripping one of the signs down. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | The bigger story is that it
appears that Mayor is so popular that the Paparazzi watches his every
move. |
| The Story | Bridgeport Valedictorian, Alan
Thetford,who was injured in a car accident a couple of weeks back,
still addresses his classmates at graduation but has to wear a halo
head brace to so. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | "Don't sleep and drive!" he
told his classmates (really). |
| The Story | Volunteers spend six days
completing the Crystelle Waggoner Community Playground in Decatur. Over
3,000 people joined in on the project and the Decatur Junior Women's
Club raised over $90,000 for the effort. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | Hey, it was for kids. Hey,
it's Memorial Day. How could we possibly say anything negative
(especially since we feel so guilty for not contributing). |