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Good news, bad news

Twelve people have e-mailed me since my column yesterday and all agreed with the decision not to publish. More evidence that the newspaper reading commenters are different from the blog commenters.

That's the good news. On the other hand, a handful of people — well, three — have written to complain about the small story about the resignation of Van Jones. Here's a sample:

Just this morning in the 'wire reports' section on A11 concerning the Van Jones resignation: 'Responding to a firestorm that raged almost entirely on conservative talk shows and Web sites, ... This is disturbing proof that the 'mainstream media' has not done the job of informing the public on what is going on in this administration, but rather providing cover for it.

This is inexcusable for the news industry to completely ignore a story that would lead to a resignation of an advisor to the president, especially one that is a self-described communist.

It's true we haven't done much with the resignation of the mid-level Obama administration official. The controversy reads to me like an inside the Beltway political skirmish. With our emphasis of local over national, stories like these don't shoot too high up the news thermometer.

If you're counting, here's how a fair and balanced Fox blog tracked it all.

Happy Labor Day.