What the F is the Times Union Doing With its Restaurant Coverage

[Sentient]

seriously... why sensationalize the most basic food and safety violations every month like this was some kind of great scoop...

http://jacksonville.com/slideshow/2014-07-31/weeks-worst-restaurant-inspections-august-4#slide-1

What the TU needs to do is try and develop a food critic column, and then Jax can develop some restaurants for the critic...

Mickey mouse "clickbaiting" operation...  just hurting dining in town.

[AuditoreEnterprise]

seriously... why sensationalize the most basic food and safety violations every month like this was some kind of great scoop...

http://jacksonville.com/slideshow/2014-07-31/weeks-worst-restaurant-inspections-august-4#slide-1

What the TU needs to do is try and develop a food critic column, and then Jax can develop some restaurants for the critic...

Mickey mouse "clickbaiting" operation...  just hurting dining in town.

Florida is one of the few states I have been to that doesn't have letter grading in the window. I agree though posting lists like that can hurt businesses, but if written by a credible source can be a good tool. I personally like the views of a few people in here so I ignore the paper for the most part... I think fieldafm would be a good source, but i doubt the TU would try and hunt down someone who is already in the food mix... after all that would make sense right...

[goldy21]

I think it's disgraceful that they often use a picture of a minimal violator as the thumbnail for the sideshow. And then the list the restaurants from cleanest to dirtiest, which I think unfairly implicates the clean restaurants because those are the ones you see first and most often in the "dirty restaurants" slideshow.

[edjax]

I think it's disgraceful that they often use a picture of a minimal violator as the thumbnail for the sideshow. And then the list the restaurants from cleanest to dirtiest, which I think unfairly implicates the clean restaurants because those are the ones you see first and most often in the "dirty restaurants" slideshow.

Might be a good suggestion to them?  Who knows they may agree and change the way they handle it as showing pics of the least offender doesn't make sense.  I only see it in the actual print edition and they typically do not include photos in that listing.

[Tacachale]

It's just click bait they get for free as it's public record. It's really sad they've come to this.

[fsquid]

they had some guy from St. Louis that used to write about dining.  Haven't seen his stuff in awhile.

[Bridges]

Clickbait.  Same with their disgraceful "Daily Mugshot".

[AuditoreEnterprise]

Clickbait.  Same with their disgraceful "Daily Mugshot".

Such a shame...