Why is Wis news paper Wausau Daily Herald facing a backlash?
Getting named the local paper’s Person of the Year was supposed to be an honor for small-town politician Dean Zuleger. But the award only enraged many townspeople. Readers anonymously flooded the Wausau Daily Herald’s Web site with comments bashing Zuleger’s salary, his management style, his weight. One person suggested his third chin should have been nominated. “I have just two words for Dean Zuleger, and they are … A) anger management. B) salad bar. C) Rod Blagojevich. D) all of the above. The correct answer is D.,” one posting read. Zuleger, administrator of the Wausau suburb of Weston, demanded to know who was saying all those nasty things about him, and the paper did something unusual: It handed over one critic’s e-mail address. The politician then sent a letter on official stationery telling the commenter, businessman Paul Klocko, to stop the personal attacks and “come out from behind the cloak” and meet him. Sources:
