Coverage of hospital district fair, even when unpleasant

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(Publisher’s note: Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2’s recent strategic planning process identified local media coverage by The Journal as a “threat” to the district. The Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) anaylsis included the following statement: “media negative, unbalanced coverage of healthcare beat, not supportive.” The following is a written response prepared by Publisher Stephen McFadden and presented during public comment at Tuesday’s hospital district commissioners’ meeting.)

The Journal’s historic coverage of the hospital district is significan...