Comments on: Uniter We Stand

By: donaldstreet

donaldstreet — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:17:19 +0000

Oh, Chris…the reputations that the student newpapers enjoy reflects the fact that a huge chunk of the population once went to those schools and still follow what goes on.

Elitist and self-serving? Meh. I just don’t see it. I too have been elitist and self-serving from time to time, so I shouldn’t talk. Let he who is free of self-serving behaviour cast the first stone!

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:08:05 +0000

Emma, please don’t fall into the student newspaper trap! They are only a very limited view of what Winnipeg can offer, and they somehow enjoy an outsized reputation for they actually contribute to the overall fabric….they tend to be elitist and self-serving, I find, and don’t offer a wide persepctive on issues at all….

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:29:54 +0000

I wouldn’t know about the UMSU meetings, but holy crap were their election articles last fall about as pathetic and as you can get.

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:14:37 +0000

Thanks for the analysis. I always enjoy reading student newspapers and while I haven’t really acquainted myself with either the Uniter or the Manitoba yet, I’m looking forward to checking them out.

By: donaldstreet

donaldstreet — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:54:55 +0000

Graham: complete lack of understanding on the issue.

The articles on Senate and UMSU meetings have been horrendous as well, Graham. They seem to make a dozen major factual errors per meeting – and sometimes they are so eggregiously incorrect as to make me wonder if the authors are literate.

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:08:02 +0000

“The difference in quality between this paper and The Manitoban was striking. ”

You nailed it…The Manitoban is a sad excuse of a newspaper. Never mind how they fail to enlighten with the positive side of things on urban issues, downtown and the university itself, but they do it for every issue.

It just comes down to poor writing. I find in most cases, articles are written with a complete lack of understanding on the issue.