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You are confusing Dan Burns and Dave Berns.

Excellent job, Ed.

"to reveal a SHEER pink bra." yowza. sorry, that's the sound of oinking coming from my mouth. im a little piggy. PS this show is not very innovative or creative. dropping the live musicians was losing the best thing. boo, peepshow. Little Boo Peep! Also, why is Holly Madison so good at getting press in Vegas? Is "Vegas Pretty" all you really need -- have we let the bar drop so low

Kudos on the disclosure of the GMG interest in the festival. Good journalistic standard. Keep it up.

so whats the harm in disclosure again?

Well researched and well written. Only qualm -- no mention of possible conflict of interest. What's On has only one major competitor in this market -- Las Vegas Magazine which is owned by the Greenspun Media Group. Having your rival publication inflate circulation numbers will make your sales with verified circulation numbers much easier. Not that this isn't a newsworthy story, but most people don't know you are rivals and that their downfall will be a windfall for GMG. A quick disclosure within the text or at the bottom would probably be appropriate.

Mr. Richardson...thank you for your comments. I know that this story is not the proper forum for an ombudsman sort of exchange but I appreciate your statement and frankly didn't know the print only version was available as a web page option. The Las Vegas Sun is my primary local news source, indeed my home page and I will switch it accordingly. Still its confusing that one part of the paper has an editorial policy that supports in-depth analytical and investigative stories and editing and fact checking (which I do value) and the other seems to have lessor standards. I'm not quite prepared to opt-all on all stories posted on the site, but i think its still fair criticism that those reporters who have the different approach be identified (in other words, how hard would it be to use as a byline REPORTER NAME (ONLINE STAFF). As such, I imagine "breaking news" still requires some effort to ask basic questions such as "what evidence do you have" before printing someone's name and photo and I didnt see in your response that this basic tenet of journalistic ethics is followed.

Opt in or out -- people will rely on the great LV SUN (not said facetiously, I agree with the Pulitzer committee that the SUN is one of the best). When part of the program, for whatever policy stated, doesn't meet the same high standards of the company name then criticism will follow. Not totally naive as to the role of new media in keeping the LV SUN and other great sources of information alive -- the sacrifice of integrity cant be made for the salacious and all too easy reposting of spoon fed information from an agency with an agenda and bias in lieu of good old fashioned journalistic ethics.

Perhaps an online ombudsman column might be a good idea. Don't get me started on the stories (i.e. Sun winning awards, DJ AM's death, etc. that don't allow comments). But alas, another day...

Im very disappointed that my comment was removed by a staff that I criticized in civilized tones. For the record, I suggested that the online staff doesn't have editors who direct their reporters to ask the "why" questions that the LV SUN promotes as part of the reason to read their content. (I havent seen anything to remotely prove otherwise). I suggested in polite tones that these reporters often times seem to accept press releases as being gospel. And finally I suggested that it was irresponsible to print the names and pictures of people who as it turns out there was insufficient evidence to even charge and how a story on how that could happen would be more engaging that the above. If that is an attack, I fear the LV SUN online needs to grow a thicker skin.

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Have we changed the definition of "tragedy"? Young people live destructive lives. So he entertained you by playing records from your youth, yes, that is a very valuable service....and what else did he do to make his lose so much more....so tragic compared to the loss of life of children around the world everyday, or someone who works for the public in ways that are innovative, creative and dedicated? There are a billion people in this world, each as I understand it, mortal.... this person is not distinguishable in any appreciable way from any of us. If it is a tragedy when anyone dies, then this man dying, perhaps at his own hand, is a tragedy. More likely its an insignificant event. You can go home and turn on Journey.

You're an interesting guy. Stop being Jane Ann