Community Corner
UT: "Mandela dead" - so good riddance?
"the county of San Diego deserves a better leading newspaper"
Sadly, a living legend died today, but what made it even sadder for me was UT San Diego's callous and disrespectful subject line, "Mandela dead".
I find it hard to believe "Mandela dead" was the best Manchester's UT San Diego could come up with for a man that deserves the worlds utmost respect.
Beside Patch and nixle.com alerts I also receive news alerts locally and nationally, none felt compelled to announce Mandela's death with such an air of satisfaction.
What's up with that? Or, am I being overly sensitive about the passing of a personal role model and hero of mine?
Going back through my UT San Diego "death, dead, died and killed" email alerts, I found the same disrespectful subject line for James Gandolfini - HBO's star gangster - last June...
- Mandela dead - 12/05
- Actor Paul Walker killed in car crash - 12/01
- Man's body found in Oceanside Harbor - 11/23
- Driver commits suicide on I-5 near San Onofre - 11/20
- Man Killed in trolley accident - 11/19
- Remains in desert are missing McStays - 11/15
- Four Marines die - 11/13
- Junior Seau's brother Tony Seau dies - 10/11
- Author Tom Clancy dies - 10/02
- Man shot in head - 09/24
- Gandolfini dead - 06/19