Lansing State Journal South DC

I was given a two week trial. It has not gone well. To make a long story short after a long time on the phone, I have received 2 newspapers delivered. They also don’t return phone calls. I talked to a friend and the same happened to him. So I’m not a fluke. I’m just glad I didn’t give them money as they can’t seem to deliver newspapers and have poor customer service.

This used to be an OK paper but the last few years has gone downhill in a hurry.
The paper is so skimpy that it could be a leaflet most days. There are virtually no classifieds anymore. They have removed or greatly scaled back things like Click and Clack, and the advice columns. Most of the time it’s like they watched channel 6 and 10 and printed the previous nights news. Quality and quantity is not much better than some high school newspapers.
All this while raising the price and limiting the online access. No wonder City Pulse is doing so good.

Vile! Hate this paper. Did the writers and editors even attend college? The paper is chock-​full of grammatical errors and it appears that few people working there have any idea how to spell. News is old. You never hear about a community event until after it is over. In many ways it reminds me of my old high school paper. It is full of AP and other non-​original stories that you can pick up through Google and other internet new services for free.
Their biggest mistake was last year, when they decided to bite the hand that feeds them by publishing a web site listing the names, salaries and other personal information about every state employee. Apparently they thought that it was our fault that the state had a budget deficit rather than the fault of our elected officials who set the budget! I haven’t purchased a copy of this paper since then. What a good idea to infuriate a huge percentage of your potential customers! There are far better ways to get the news and since the paper has clearly indicated its disdain for me and all state employees, I see no reason to support them financially.

There’s a reason why the locals nickname this paper the «State Urinal»… it’s the lowest standard in local newspapers. You can count on slanted coverage and lots of filler articles.