Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Newspapers "In Bed" with General Hospital

I read Ernie Schreiber's editorial entitled "LGH contributions its fair share & more" in today's Lancaster New Era. Your NewsLanc.com coverage of the newspaper sucking up to the LGH must have hit a nerve as this editorial states that LGH pays approximately $3.9 million dollars to the various tax bases and school districts of Lancaster City and other municipalities within Lancaster County. The editorial is clearly written with an LGH pen. The question remains -- with $106 million made as a non-profit entity, where is the remaining approximate $102 million dollars going?

The continued biased coverage of the newspaper in the favor of LGH is astounding. Have you noted that prominent members of the Steinman family (Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. is a Steinman Enterprise) serve on the Lancaster General Hospital Board of Trustees? With this kind of "in bed" relationship with the newspapers, will LGH and its administrators and its providers ever be a target of Lancaster newspapers ridicule? The answer is clearly "no".