Yesterday, sad news broke about about Councilmember Judy Chirco and her being diagnosed with breast cancer. Our best wishes go out to her, her family, and her staff.
But the news roll-out of this story was interesting to watch unfold yesterday:
4:19 p.m.
Erin Sherbert with the Metro posts the story on San Jose Inside
5:47 p.m.
John Woolfolk with the Mercury News posts the story on the Mercury News website
Woolfolk has an office in City Hall, has all the sources in the world in City Hall, and works for the local "paper of record." He got scooped by an hour and a half on this story...that's pretty weak.
Sherbert works for the Metro outside of City Hall and some folks inside City Hall won't even talk to the Metro. Her scooping Woolfolk is pretty cool.
Is this just another sign of the Mercury News' downfall? Or perhaps is Woolfolk at fault? We know how Revealed feels about him...
Or perhaps the Weekly + Blog model just opens up new scoops for the Metro/Inside family of publications...
Again, this is not to undermine the seriousness of Chirco's health -- rather, a summary of the news surrounding the news...
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