Another Story the Std-Ex Refused to Print

I received this press release over the weekend from the Ogden Firefighters' Association, announcing their four Ogden city council endorsements. Following up on this, I phoned Dirk Youngberg, to flesh out a little more detail.

What he told me is quite alarming. He tells me he's had conversation with the Std-Ex editors; and get this: they've refused to run the story because they didn't want to influence the upcoming primary.

Yeah! That statement nearly rendered me speechless too.

I notice they didn't hesitate to run this story though. As per usual, the citizens of the Std-Ex's home town are fully informed of the intricate political nuances in places like Roy, Layton and Fruit Heights; but for the local Ogden townsfolk -- the Standard-Examiner election news blackout yet persists.

Of course the Roy firefighters endorsed all the incumbents, unlike the situation here. Then again, Roy firefighters are probably treated much better there in Roy.

I'd placed the news release in the right sidebar on Friday; but I suppose it deserves front page treatment here -- under the circumstances. I only wonder what else the Standard-Examiner editors aren't telling us about.

Is there anybody left in our fair town who still believes the Standard-Examiner even marginally fulfills its proper First Amendment role of informing the citizens of the facts?

Gawd do we native Ogdenites ever miss Abe Glasmann's home-town newspaper.