Buzz was small pleasure that made The Herald enjoyable

I, for one, have always enjoyed the satirical edge that The Buzz brings (excuse me, brought) to the morning paper. It was often the highlight of my morning during many a rainy commute. But now it is being axed. Like so many other local columns and features now gone, these small pleasures were what made The Herald worth reading every day.

I guess I should be thanking the editors of The Herald for making my decision at my next renewal time that much easier. What, with the annual price increases, frequent late and/or missing papers, three-day old news, truncated comics section, and ever increasing, non-locally written stories regurgitated from the wire services, it’s no wonder print in this area is dying.

It’s a shame, too, but eventually there comes a tipping point between cost and worth. I think, at some level, the publisher and editors must know they are killing The Herald, but little by little, they keep carving away at the heart that made it worth reading by locals. Now it’s almost entirely gone. I guess those that don’t enjoy the little pleasures in life can just go back to reading the Wall Street Journal.

Michael Neeley

Everett

Editor: While The Buzz will no longer be featured each day on the front page, we are continuing it as a weekly feature online on Saturdays and in print on Sundays in the Viewpoints section. Look for it Sunday on Page B8.