Some of you people need to move on from your obsession.
Not obsessed, but whatever. In deference to jmyrle, I'll say no more.
Isn't it interesting that there was a flurry of celebrity deaths, but these last few days have been relatively free of that sort of news? This guy probably warrants a mention, though:
California journalist who pushed for public information dies
By JANIE HAR
November 18, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tim Crews, a longtime Northern California newspaperman who relentlessly filed public records requests and even did a five-day stint in jail rather than give up anonymous sources, has died at age 77.
Crews died Nov. 12 at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, after weeks in the hospital. The cause of death was sepsis, said his wife, Donna Settle.
Tributes poured in on the Facebook page of The Sacramento Valley Mirror, a twice-weekly newspaper in Glenn County that Crews founded, published and wrote for, even delivering copies. It has no online presence other than on Facebook.
Readers and friends called him a true original, an old-time community journalist who stood up for regular people and published obituaries, even long ones, for free. He dashed about the town of Willows, population 6,000, in red suspenders and with a bushy white beard, covering crime and politics but also community events. ...
He loved to write and help people and he disliked government officials who didn’t want the public to know what they were up to, said Settle, who operated the newspaper with her husband.
“He just wanted to do well for the community, and I think that’s true with a lot of people in journalism,†she said. ...
Associated PressJournalists now want to influence the community, not exactly serve them, sad to say.
