Ringing out the truth on the Eastern front

Or is it wringing out the truth?

I know which one it should be, but the editorial first looie at one command outpost doesn't.

Embarrassing.

Then the looie says a transfer officer doesn't know to edit articles enough. And admits she could use more, but never asks for help.

No surprise, when she insists on being listed as "editor" on a weekly ag product she actually has nothing to do with, and wants nothing to do with.

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Does the transfer officer make mistakes at times? Yes. Possibly worse than her at times? Yes. Does he claim that stylistic differences aren't always stylistic differences? No. Does he gaslight reporters by changing dates for stories? No. Does he screw up by running events-type stories when part of the events on a multi-events list have expired? No. Does he pretend to need help and never ask for it? No.

Not all newspapers are dying

I recently saw a copy of the Hugo, Oklahoma, News recently.

It's on a Berliner format or similar, first. That does allow even lighter-weight paper to be used.

Key details?

Semi-weekly. This was a 14-pager for the Friday edition, mid-February.  Hugo is about 5,500 and Choctaw County 15,000. Both city and county population are declining slightly and there's not a huge amount of money running around.

Adhole?

If obits there are paid, almost an even 50 percent. Even if they're not, it was around 40 percent.

At one time, it was the Hugo Daily News. Looks like it just went to semiweekly in the last decade.

Oh, and it has, or had, a tab-sized weekly competitor, the Examiner.

Anyway, that's not bad. At all. On number of pages and on adhole.