I am VERY cross at my local newspaper.

[TheMightyFavog]

The first person to ever walk on the moon passes away yesterday, and news of his death is nowhere to be found in the first section of the paper, let alone the front page.

Yes I know your report on the failings of virtual schools in our state is very important. However, you fuckers couldn't come in on a Saturday afternoon and make the proper changes to honor Neil Armstrong? And people wonder why newspapers are dying.

[richmwill]

1. I share your frustrations...

If it happens on a weekend, they hate coming in and changing what's already done. I vividly remember when Princess Diana died- there was an article months later about how because the accident happened on a Saturday night of Labor Day weekend, network news heads were scrambling, frantically calling and begging any of their news readers to please come in so they could have someone live on the air to report the breaking news. Look at MSNBC on a Saturday night- if anything breaks, sorry- prison reality shows come first.

It could have been worse, though- you could have had the front page headline of your local paper today read "Snooki Gives Birth To First Child". See?

[Ezlivin]

2. Armstrong is disgraced - he's guilty of doping

That means Buzz Aldrin was the first man on the moon.

Your paper's editor probably just glanced at the last name and thought, "We don't need another article about Lance Armstrong."

But then again I could just be guessing.

[Buzz Clik]

3. Can you give a link to the paper?

I am very interested in this subject.

[TheMightyFavog]

5. It was on the website, just not the dead tree version

Should have made that clear...

[dems_rightnow]

4. Is it a small local paper?

Many local papers have given up reporting national news altogether. They know you get that information elsewhere... and quicker.

*edit for typo*