Jaywtg: There's a lot more detail to have shared, but I didn't want to get too procedural. But it's in that detail that there's room to understand more of what Fletcher did and didn't do. Please note that the columns weren't 100 percent Tahi's either. It's not quite clear whose they were more of, except that they were a contrived verbal stew cooked up by the handlers. Todd
Dude: Wheeling wants out ... Johnstown should be out .. Toledo just got in after being out. And Dayton just closed up shop.
I don't disagree that a player age ranging from 20-24 would be more developed than a range of 16-20.
But the 17-20 age range brings out competitive football that fills stadiums every Saturday afternoon across the country -- and people pay more for that than they do Phantoms.
Hockey in the same age is equally competitive.
And on-ice issues aside, the minor league payroll system for hockey just does not work consistently enough to justify the risk. That's why 80 percent of the teams die off or move on after 3 years or so.
It is just as important for The Vindy to offer truth on smaller items such as this for several reasons: 1-- It happened at a high community focal point, which I think you can agree with about a high school football stadium. 2-- Without our three paragraphs, the community's left to rumor: "I heard they fired off a semi-automatic gun." "It was an angry reporter who didn't get a free donut at halftime." "They wrote 'Hate penguin' on the wall." The Vindy offering 3 simple paragraphs on an incident at a taxpayer-funded facility where hundreds of people gathers helps to keep it a simple incident. You trying to make The Vindy out to be something lower than that is just typical Vindy pile on. Snore ....
This email came in Sunday: Todd: I read with interest your comments on the handling of the reporting on the abused eight yr. old boy and others. Having been an advocate for children in the juvenile court for many years I feel it is imperative that the community be made aware of these cases, so many go unreported. Complacency comes easy. Although I agree with you and Dr McPherson, that the names should be omitted, a picture of the physical damage (minus the identifying face), helps to impress on one the extent of the physical damage. The psychological and emotional damage is another story. All too often reasonably intelligent people with whom I have discussed this issue seem unaware that this type of abuse actually happens in our community. Comments I get often shock me. Recently: --An associate stated "no doubt most of your cases are of a particular racial or ethnic background;" --Another professional woman stated, "the neighborhoods you must have to enter, this just doesn't happen in our backyards;" --Still another, "there are services that take care of these issues." Nothing could be further from the truth! All of these statements are misguided. The last, regarding " services" provided, yes, there are services provided but the abuse needs to be discovered and reported before these services can help. Too many people don't want to get involved and don't. Many, esp. children and the elderly, slip through the cracks. On another related subject, you might consider an article on the effects the drug problem has had on the family and the increase in child abuse and dependency as a result of parents with serious on going drug addition. Thank you for your article.
It's unfortunate you would use a case like this incident to try to create corporate motive.
I found the boy's name on your web site Saturday -- six days after you "broke" the story. First search, top story.
Your above spin work on your reporting is remarkable. When you emailed me first thing Sunday morning, you weren't aware of its presence: "Where did you see it? I’ve been unable to locate his name in our scripts."
I'll direct you and others so as to dispel any corporate conspiracy theory:
STORY: An 8-year-old Brookfield boy, named (XXXXX), who police say was badly abused, is out of the hospital and recovering at Trumbull County Children Services.
From a Monday reader: Just some personal suggestions from having lived there a couple years. Check the "going out gurus" online chat every Thursday in the Washington Post for restaurant, cultural, and entertainment suggestions (including things for kids) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingou... with a link to their most recent suggestions http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
Posted on November 16 at 10:55 a.m.
Corrected -- thank you ...
Posted on November 2 at 10:21 a.m.
Jaywtg:
There's a lot more detail to have shared, but I didn't want to get too procedural. But it's in that detail that there's room to understand more of what Fletcher did and didn't do.
Please note that the columns weren't 100 percent Tahi's either. It's not quite clear whose they were more of, except that they were a contrived verbal stew cooked up by the handlers.
Todd
Posted on October 11 at 12:27 p.m.
Dude:
Wheeling wants out ... Johnstown should be out .. Toledo just got in after being out. And Dayton just closed up shop.
I don't disagree that a player age ranging from 20-24 would be more developed than a range of 16-20.
But the 17-20 age range brings out competitive football that fills stadiums every Saturday afternoon across the country -- and people pay more for that than they do Phantoms.
Hockey in the same age is equally competitive.
And on-ice issues aside, the minor league payroll system for hockey just does not work consistently enough to justify the risk. That's why 80 percent of the teams die off or move on after 3 years or so.
Posted on September 4 at 5:46 a.m.
Penguin puhlease ...
It is just as important for The Vindy to offer truth on smaller items such as this for several reasons:
1-- It happened at a high community focal point, which I think you can agree with about a high school football stadium.
2-- Without our three paragraphs, the community's left to rumor:
"I heard they fired off a semi-automatic gun."
"It was an angry reporter who didn't get a free donut at halftime."
"They wrote 'Hate penguin' on the wall."
The Vindy offering 3 simple paragraphs on an incident at a taxpayer-funded facility where hundreds of people gathers helps to keep it a simple incident.
You trying to make The Vindy out to be something lower than that is just typical Vindy pile on. Snore ....
Posted on August 30 at 5:39 p.m.
This email came in Sunday:
Todd:
I read with interest your comments on the handling of the reporting on the abused eight yr. old boy and others.
Having been an advocate for children in the juvenile court for many years I feel it is imperative that the community be made aware of these cases, so many go unreported. Complacency comes easy.
Although I agree with you and Dr McPherson, that the names should be omitted, a picture of the physical damage (minus the identifying face), helps to impress on one the extent of the physical damage. The psychological and emotional damage is another story.
All too often reasonably intelligent people with whom I have discussed this issue seem unaware that this type of abuse actually happens in our community.
Comments I get often shock me. Recently:
--An associate stated "no doubt most of your cases are of a particular racial or ethnic background;"
--Another professional woman stated, "the neighborhoods you must have to enter, this just doesn't happen in our backyards;"
--Still another, "there are services that take care of these issues."
Nothing could be further from the truth!
All of these statements are misguided. The last, regarding " services" provided, yes, there are services provided but the abuse needs to be discovered and reported before these services can help.
Too many people don't want to get involved and don't.
Many, esp. children and the elderly, slip through the cracks.
On another related subject, you might consider an article on the effects the drug problem has had on the family and the increase in child abuse and dependency as a result of parents with serious on going drug addition.
Thank you for your article.
Posted on August 30 at 2:59 p.m.
Gary:
It's unfortunate you would use a case like this incident to try to create corporate motive.
I found the boy's name on your web site Saturday -- six days after you "broke" the story. First search, top story.
Your above spin work on your reporting is remarkable. When you emailed me first thing Sunday morning, you weren't aware of its presence: "Where did you see it? I’ve been unable to locate his name in our scripts."
I'll direct you and others so as to dispel any corporate conspiracy theory:
STORY:
An 8-year-old Brookfield boy, named (XXXXX), who police say was badly abused, is out of the hospital and recovering at Trumbull County Children Services.
LINK:
http://www.wytv.com/content/news/local/s...
Let's not make this about competing companies. Make it about the need to watch how victims are treated by media.
I'm glad you explained your policies.
Here's a web site I like to use from time to time:
http://dartcenter.org. Check it out.
Thanks,
Todd
Posted on August 29 at 5:31 p.m.
michael:
I think we paid four or five photographers to be out at games last night. Thank you.
You're making a giant leap for an offer that simply opens up our pages for fans to send in photos.
Todd
Posted on August 10 at 6:07 p.m.
From a Monday reader:
Just some personal suggestions from having lived there a couple years. Check the "going out gurus" online chat every Thursday in the Washington Post for restaurant, cultural, and entertainment suggestions (including things for kids) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/goingou... with a link to their most recent suggestions http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
Here are some ideas that aren't necessarily part of the usual tour packages.
- check out the free daily early evening concerts at the Kennedy Center http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/m...
- explore Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac River across from the Kennedy Center http://www.nps.gov/this
- attend Sunday service at America's largest Catholic church //www.nationalshrine.com/site/c.osJRKVPBJnH/b.4719297/k.BF65/Home.htm <http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/c.osJ...>
- go to the National Geographic headquarters/museum http://events.nationalgeographic.com/eve...
- stop in at C-SPAN and see if they'll take you on an "unofficial" tour (many years ago the founder Brian Lamb took me around) http://www.cspan.org/
- watch a game (or two) from the front row recliners in the ESPN Zone restaurant http://www.espnzone.com/washingtondc/
- visit Lincoln's favorite place in Washington http://www.lincolncottage.org/
- have lunch in the Supreme Court cafeteria after watching oral arguments on a case http://www.supremecourtus.gov/visiting/v...
- try an evening dinner cruise from the National Harbor http://www.nationalharbor.com/consumer/m...
- brush up on all things Shakspeare at the Folger Library a block from the Capitol http://www.folger.edu/index_sa.cfm?speca...
- zip around underground on the Capitol Hill subway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stat...
Posted on August 9 at 10:35 p.m.
Rev El:
"Lame," "weak," "shallow," "worthless" ...
I can take those. But "asinine" is very low.
It's been 20 months since you last expressed your anger with us under this sign-on. Welcome back.
Todd
Posted on August 9 at 10:45 a.m.
Reader email:
Ha! Didn't see vid yet but column was hilarious. Reminds me of the columns OReily used to write for SI