A short essay by UH Professor John Rieder criticizes the failure of reporters to follow-up on a question put to Gov. Lingle concerning a possible increase in the general excise tax to provide additional revenue during the current fiscal crisis. Lingle’s reply was that raising the excise tax would make the recession worse, thereby actually [...]
UH President M.R.C. Greenwood learned a lesson last week that’s familiar to any reporter–the lead sentence will often make or break your story. In Greenwood’s case, the first sentence of the message she distributed following the faculty union’s rejection of the latest contract proposal has UH faculty steaming mad. “The university”, Greenwood wrote, “is disappointed [...]
