Video news analysis: Who stole the papers?

By Shain Bergan and Bryan Roy

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009

Updated: Friday, October 23, 2009

Colin Darland/ Arizona Daily Wildcat

Watch a Daily Wildcat news analysis inside the investigation of who stole 10,000 copies of the newspaper earlier this month and how the storyline has shifted.

Jimmie

Sun Nov 8 2009 16:42

Had the opportunity to report this as a real news story, but opted to insert opinion and innuendo...shame, a great story ruined by piss-poor reporting.

Lauren LePage, former DW editor in chief

Sun Nov 1 2009 22:33

It's really odd that the managing editor is writing all of these stories rather than the news editor or a news reporter. It seems that the managing editor would have a less objective perspective as an overseer of both the financial and managerial goings-on of the paper.

It's also ironic that this author, in particular, is writing about newspaper thefts and money lost when you consider that he lit fires in the newsroom; smashed food against newsroom walls; and drew on newsroom walls with a marker. I'm sure the estimated damage is significantly different, but it's the hypocrisy here that's the irony. Call it airing dirty laundry of the internal side of the Daily Wildcat, but it seems fair to share this information given how biased the coverage has been and how many fingers have been pointed.

It's also very sad that in spite of all of this "coverage," there are many gaping holes and possibly libel. It's hard to find the true heart of the news and moreover to know what to believe. And at this point, it all just seems tainted.

It's so tainted, in fact, that the only reason I found out about this fiasco is because current UA students contacted me about it. (I'm an alumni.) They said the DW was taking a ridiculous approach and was stepping outside its grounds as an "objective" news entity. So of course I had to check it out, and I have to say that as a reader, I agree.

Now, because I'm commenting and I'm a former chief, I already expect the name-calling, mention of the comic fiasco, or some other such thing. But does any of that detract from the matter at hand? Does any of that shed light on this particular matter? Does any of that fix the problems with the coverage of the stolen papers?

DW Sucks

Mon Oct 26 2009 10:03

Do you really wonder why no the three phi psi's don't answer your calls? You released biased reports and post their names on multiple stories implicating them of the theft without any decent evidence. You are truly a bunch of idiots over there at the DW

Your name

Mon Oct 26 2009 00:08

Palmer-
page 2 says it

Palmer

Sun Oct 25 2009 21:59

Where does it say this?

Wildcat staffer

Fri Oct 23 2009 17:43

It does say take only one. It says "A single copy of the Daily Wildcat is free from newsstands. Unauthorized removal of multiple copies will be considered theft and may be prosecuted."
And that's not a new addition to the paper, that's always been there.