Comments on: Still in the dark about Hawaii Publishers Association awards http://www.ilind.net/2012/05/19/still-in-the-dark-about-hawaii-publishers-association-awards/ Ian Lind • Online daily from Kaaawa, Hawaii Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mark Carey http://www.ilind.net/2012/05/19/still-in-the-dark-about-hawaii-publishers-association-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-39335 Mark Carey Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:32:19 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=9615#comment-39335 One article that won an award , “Stimulus Funds Used to Buy Foreign Cars” was so flawed in facts, assumptions, and conclusions that it did not merit publication let alone an award for journalism. See my explanation in the Letters section of The Garden Island today (6/15/12), which I commend the paper for publishing in full.

]]> By: reality check http://www.ilind.net/2012/05/19/still-in-the-dark-about-hawaii-publishers-association-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-38352 reality check Thu, 24 May 2012 20:53:02 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=9615#comment-38352 lol — i reversed the “it’s not who ya know; it’s what ya know” !!!!!

now that would be a dream come true for just about every single kid in college right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: reality check http://www.ilind.net/2012/05/19/still-in-the-dark-about-hawaii-publishers-association-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-38351 reality check Thu, 24 May 2012 20:51:47 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=9615#comment-38351 Very sadly, you make a good point: the sad old “it’s not who ya know; it’s what ya know” culture is as deeply embedded in newspapers as it is in any industry.
such is business in a small world.

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