Kevin Cuneo, the Erie Times-News’s self-styled “public editor,” apparently pushed the wrong button on his computer the other day. He sent his nostalgic commentary on the Fuhrman Cider Mill fire to the space where issues dealing with the public’s complaints about the newspaper’s frequent foul-ups should be addressed, instead of sending it to his entertainment / gossip / promotions / public relations page.
The column, entitled “Cider mill fire touches many,” is a moving trip down memory lane for those thousands of area residents who visited and enjoyed the popular venue over the years. But it has nothing to do with the normal business of a “public editor,” which is to advocate for readers, rather than defend the newspapers oft- criticized news and editorial policies and practices.
By any standard of journalism, Cuneo’s columns as“public editor,” including this one, are a travesty of the genre.
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