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December 6, 2006

Reporting bad news is never easy

In the newspaper business, it’s not always easy to do our job — and it’s not always popular. But that doesn’t mean we shy away from doing it.

Our job is to keep our readers informed. We are here to be the cheerleaders for the community when the positives occur. That type of reporting is easy, and it feels good. Equally as important, however, it is our job to be the eyes and ears of the public when things go wrong.

Those stories aren’t always as easy to report, but they’re just as important to our community. It is our job to be there for our readers, reporting the good and the bad.

The last thing we want for our community is for an elected official to act the way Supervisor Ray Boswell did on Sept. 5, 2005, outside a Meridian night club.

Under no circumstances should that kind of behavior be tolerated. None. It is disgusting and an embarrassment for our community.

We cannot condone or accept that type of language. We will never move forward as a community if we ignore issues like this.

The Meridian Star would have failed at its job had we ignored this unfortunate situation at the night club. As ugly as it was, the public has a right to know.

We will not let that kind of behavior by any elected official slide. The public has a right to know and it is our job to tell you.

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