The Miami Herald's advertisement of December 15th for their new PEOPLE pageOh, Miami Herald People piñata.
My Louisville Slugger bat is so large and your low-hanging fruit is so thoroughly rotten.
It hardly seems sporting of me to put you out of your misery with one blow.
But then I look at how miserable your entertainment coverage has been since I returned to South Florida.
At how you've consistently run stories that positively reek of mothballs, so old are they in this online age.
Day after day of blah entertainment/celebrity stories in the paper 72 hours after the whole world first heard about them on roughly 2-3 dozen very popular websites, and you, adding nary an original nugget or morsel to chew on. No added news nutients.
Oh to be sure, of late you've asked visiting celebs about Miami, and to no body's surprise, they like, they like!
For instance, just this past Friday, January 11th, you used about 30% of your page to run -along with an uncredited photo- a supposed chat with former Northwestern chemical engineering student and longtime supermodel/entrepreneur/endorser Cindy Crawford.
She's someone whom everyone in Evanston claims to have known or met while she was there briefly in the '80's, right before I moved there in 1985. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/alumni/crawford.html
Honestly, Lesley Abravanel, given the whole universe of questions to pose, why are you asking such a bright and thoughtful woman such low-brow and self-serving questions, which seem designed more to curry favor with your publicist pals -who whisper sweet nothings into your ear- than entertain or inform Herald readers?
You offered dopey:
What about Miami has inspired your furniture line?
What's your favorite hotel to stay in?
What's your favorite hotel decor-wise?
What's your favorite place to chill?
What's your favorite restaurant in Miami?
Favorite place to shop in Miami?
How about this.
"Cindy, you're someone who's not a stranger to South Florida. Based on your many past visits here, what are the things that you most wish were still present for others to enjoy?
You've got a pretty good sense of the changes this area has undergone, what would you most like to see changed for the better?"
Now that would be a bit more interesting and original! Simple!
By the way, have you ever heard of photographer credits?
You might try using them, since it's not like you're on a blogger's budget.
You ran eight photos on that page and didn't give a credit on a single one of them.