Decidedly Civil

It is interesting at times, to note what is not in the Tribune. While local media is still doing followup on the Herb Bergson DUI and wreck, the Tribune was noticeably absent from the followup scene. It seems the Tribune finds it more important to assassinate the character of those who question them vs. reporting the truth about those who don't.

While a DUI has typically not been a career ender for many a politician, this is not an isolated blunder. Mayor Bergson has embarrassed this City of Duluth with his antics on a number of occasions. This is merely the most recent blunder.

Apparently the Tribune is promoting some sort of new-found civility and dispensing with it's reprehensible record of mud slinging. The most interesting thing is what is missing from the Tribune today. No pictures of the car, no mugshot of the Mayor, no followup showing the police report, no conversations with the Mayor himself...nothing. This new tack on civility is indeed very interesting and curious.

Why is this curious? Well, not so long ago, a certain candidate for City Council had an old speeding ticket that the Tribune found newsworthy. He had another dismissed charge against him and the Tribune found that newsworthy. The Tribune made three, yes, count them, three front page headlines about a local individual who was allegedly not performing to the level deemed appropriate by the Publisher. Fortunately for that individual, no real wrongdoing was ever uncovered, despite the audits, "investigative reporting" by the Tribune and numerous others. The three days of headlines must have been nothing more than conjecture and, let's not forget the unmitigated character assassination attempted by the Tribune.

This kind of duplicitous approach by the Tribune shows either a change of heart or a total lack of character and integrity by it's Publisher. Never mind that this is one of the most powerful forms of media in the City as it is delivered to thousands daily and accepted as Gospel by many. Of course they understand that this is a powerful sword and they wield it with characteristic malice, unless one of their own gets out of line. Then the approach is remarkably forgiving. Let's all just forgive and forget, he's only human.

Sleeping is never a problem for the narcissist as they have little regard for others. It is self-promotion and preservation above all else, including integrity and decency. Civility be damned for it does not serve any purpose except as a club to beat over the heads of others. Fortunately for the Mayor, the Tribune is being decidedly civil...this time.