Comments on: Thinking about the billionaire’s plans for news, labor and journalism, and did you notice Honolulu Weekly?

By: Ian Lind

Ian Lind — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:23:07 +0000

But just to be clear, publisher Laurie Carlson is not related to editor Ragnar Carlson, as far as I know.

By: It should be Carlson Weekly

It should be Carlson Weekly — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:16:48 +0000

The fact that The Weekly doesn’t allow comments on their website says it all…. it’s almost 2010! Given their new media approach that excludes….no, prevents… community response, the Carlsons seem more concerned with promoting their beliefs about Honolulu, rail, or any other topic, than hearing from anyone else..

By: Weekly Reader

Weekly Reader — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:17:34 +0000

Sidestepping the rail issue altogether, I’ve been much more fascinated by the way the Weekly dealt with the story; first Ragnar distanced himself, then apologized the following week for venting over internal office matters. At the same time, he appears to be happily running every letter of complaint that comes in to the paper regarding the story. This strikes me as interesting: Someone with more time on their hands might better confirm this, but over the period that Ragnar has been editor, I’ve noticed a tendency to run very few critical letters in the paper (and have heard from others that their letters not only went unpublished, but that they received somewhat snide replies from the editor to their criticism). This is a departure from the early days of the Weekly, when the editors seemed much more willing to run critical commentary in their pages.