> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Readers generally appreciate Daily Press - URL: https://www.smdp.com/readers-generally-appreciate-daily-press/ - Published: 2007-03-10T16:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-24T00:13:37.000Z - Author: Guest Author - Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless This week’s Q-Line question asks: What kind of job do you believe the Santa Monica Daily Press is doing in covering the subjects and events that shape our lives? Here are your responses: “I THINK THE SANTA MONICA DAILY Press does an outstanding job in covering the news and happenings all around us. The world is a complex place and you consistently give us unbiased coverage. There are so many different points of view on any given news item you couldn’t possibly please everyone all the time. You’re unbiased presentation is what makes your newspaper so great and so popular. Keep up the good work each and every one of you. What would we do without you. Keep the presence rolling. Kudos to you all.” “ALL I WANT TO DO IS COMMEND YOU for your Santa Monica paper. It includes all the daily news and I look forward to reading every day. It is fair and it is great. And it is a wonderful service for the city of Santa Monica.” “THE SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS HAS been attacking the poor and has led the charge in punishing the poor for being in public. Their editorial “Make the homeless uncomfortable” encourages the public to hate the poor and follow the press in hating the poor making. “ “I WANT TO THANK THE SANTA MONICA Daily Press for listening to me last week and having the courage to ask the public the question about how they feel about the Santa Monica Daily Press. It would have been even better if you asked about how the Daily Press is handling the issue of poor people. That would really have been good but you did fine and I just want to thank you for doing it. I look forward to reading my comments.” “I APPRECIATE THE SANTA MONICA Daily Press due to its publisher allowing its readers — with only a wee bit of editing — to express their diversified opinions regarding a wide variety of subjects. All a reader has to do is call in, or write in, or e-mail in and there is a very good chance you will see your story or opinion in print.” “I DON’T REALLY HAVE ANY COMPLAINT with the paper in the way they cover everything except crime watch things. If you have enough pages you should print every single case the police department responds to. And once people see how many problems are caused by bums and gangs they will pester those idiots on the City Council to actually do something about it. Not that they would, but at least people would know how many cases there really are. “ “I THINK YOU’RE DOING A FINE JOB. MY only comment would be to have more local news. We get a lot of international and national news from the TV and The \[Los Angeles\] Times. We want more news from Santa Monica. That I would like. I would like to hear more about the Santa Monica governmental. I’m glad we have at least you to keep in touch.” “I THINK YOU’RE DOING AN EXCELLENT job of covering the local, national and international news. Keep up the good work. Ignore the critics. No matter how well the job is done someone will find fault because something doesn’t go their way of thinking. I especially look forward to Friday’s crime watch. I think you’re 100 percent better than other local papers. Keep up the good work.” “I’M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR PROVIDING a a vital resource to our community, but there does seem to be an intrinsic carelessness. Like the canned message that these responses will appear in Friday’s paper. And your reporters should try a more varied writing style. Best of all, you are filling a vital niche for us.” “THE SMDP IS A VALUABLE AND VERY welcome contribution to life in Santa Monica. The coverage of local matters fills a void as well as a need. A free press is the cornerstone to a free society. Thank you for keeping us informed.” “I THANK GOD FOR THE SANTA MONICA Daily Press. If we hadn’t read about the things that the clowns in City Hall are doing that we find in this little paper; right now those three towers would be looming over the Downtown mall \[Santa Monica Place on Broadway\] as we speak.“ “YOUR PUBLICATION IS FIRST RATE. Articles and letters with all points of view are printed. Please continue this admirable policy.” “YOU’RE EDITOR ONCE SAID THAT journalism is a crusade. It is not. News reporting should be as factual and balanced as your reporters can deliver. Kevin Herrera and Melody Hanatani sometimes slant a news item with their loving views of the progressive jihad in this country. Look at some of their articles which are so warm and fuzzy. Why aren’t they asking the $442.6 million budget question? Question over-bloated, help-yourself-to-tax-dollars special interest groups such as Heal the Bay, pier restoration, Pico Youth and Family and affordable housing. “ *Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 10, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)