The two-newspaper town

For two days now, the Herald front page has screamed about the Stomper, the allegedly violent homeless guy who enjoys stomping on other homeless people, who recently got out of jail and who might be a suspect in the death of a homeless man in Downtown Crossing on Saturday (Homeless: Living in fear and Homeless alert issued amid 'Stomper' fears).

The Globe? It ran a one-paragraph brief today about Saturday's death.

Who's got the right amount of coverage on this?

Meanwhile, yesterday, former Phoenix media critic Dan Kennedy had a nice little expose about the lack of full disclosure about the source of an op-ed piece in the Globe (he notes today that the online version of the column now has a clarification on the issue). Compare that with the revelation today from Mark Jurkowitz, Dan's replacement as local media watcher, that the network morning news shows are shallow and stupid (oh, really?).

My standard newspaper disclosure.