Thanks for non-story in post-truth age

Excellent, hard-nosed journalism on the Portofino case.

Reading Tuesday’s long article to the bitter end, I learned that someone stole a $68 jacket and someone chased them to get it back, and one of the girls involved had the ethics to admit that is what happened. Why did you bury the truth — the real story — and instead make the headline and first several paragraphs about the Portofino manager being sued by one of the other girls’ mother?

Still, thank you for running several sensational articles with baseless, racially charged accusations on this silly non-story. You incited over 100 people to march through downtown who now look like fools, needlessly turned two teenage girls into public liars and impugned the reputations of a man and a restaurant.

Please continue to “report” on this and the other vital stories of our post-truth, Trumpian age.

This story was originally published December 2, 2016 at 6:09 PM with the headline "Thanks for non-story in post-truth age."