Weekend Column – Mea Culpa

May 26, 2014 by winjaw

I have, shall we say, been informed that I may not mention the Little Black Dress in my column for the next four weeks.

Said decision was made by none other than the LBD herself. The reasoning for this blacklisting is forthcoming.

One thing you learn quickly in the newspaper business is that once it’s printed, it’s out there. By that I mean whatever you write about is now in black and white for all to see. Toss in web sites and other social media, and whatever a journalist pens is out there for the entire world to read.

That is not something we take lightly. And we cringe and do a lot of soul searching and ask “why?” when we screw up a fact.

Interestingly, there’s a flipside to all that. Leaving something out of a story can be just as damaging. Sometimes, even more so.

Such is my current situation. And such is why I am currently in the cliched dog house so to speak.

Last Sunday we announced that we were closing down our printing presses and outsourcing all our printing to the Opelika-Auburn News. The newspaper also announced that I was promoted to the title of publisher.

So far so good.

I was quoted a couple of times in the story about my promotion. “We consider Newnan our hometown. Our two oldest sons have grown up here and our youngest was born here.”

Later, I also said “I am fortunate to have such an incredible team to work with here…”

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Problem is not once did I mention the LBD. Never. And since I did not mention The Dress, that meant I also did not include all the adjectives she likes to see when I describe her: awesome, beautiful, loving, kind, thoughtful and so forth. If she reads this, she’ll say I left out (fill in the blank.)

Now it’s not good. Not good at all.

The Dress, being The Dress, was incredibly gracious. (Still not enough fawning, I know.)

“Well, at least you did say ‘we.’” she pointed out. “Oh and look, you also said ‘team,’ which I’m sure includes me.”

There was absolutely no irony in her tone. None at all. I was going to blame one of the page designers for leaving out the multi-sentence paragraph I wrote about her, but decided to just man up.

Ugh. Why do we always seem to forget the most obvious?

So yes, I did not mention The Dress. I did not mention the fact she IS my team and I am nowhere, and would not be where I am today, without her. I know, I know, still not enough fawning.

Being full of grace, the LBD has forgiven me somewhat. That being more so after her latest trek to the Amazing Shoe Store. Said trekking has occurred more than once.

Maybe I’ll just talk about the paper next week.