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John Archibald got this one right

John Archibald, columnist for the Birmingham News/al.com
John Archibald, columnist for the Birmingham News/al.com

I published a piece recently titled, John Archibald—a double standard.  Some people, who probably didn’t read the piece thoroughly, thought it was an attack on Archibald.  However, I said specifically that John is an excellent writer and journalist.  Quite frankly, if I had 1% of John’s writing and investigative skills I would be a happy man.

Bottom line is that when you agree with Archibald—he’s Moses; when you disagree with him, he’s the devil. Continue reading John Archibald got this one right

John Archibald—a double standard

John Archibald, columnist for The Birmingham News/al.com
John Archibald, columnist for The Birmingham News/al.com

Writing about John Archibald might be the riskiest and dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life, but this piece is not really about Archibald.

I’m also going to write about UAB football, but this piece is not about UAB either.

As the title indicates, it’s about a double standard.

On September 30, 2012, Birmingham became the second largest city in America without a daily newspaper. The decision to cut back daily delivery of The Birmingham News was made by Advance Communications–its parent company, headquartered in New York. Continue reading John Archibald—a double standard