Miami Herald
Coverage Demonstrates Lack of Objectivity
Over Signature Bridge Contract
Nobody ever
wants to be on the losing end of an $800 million competitive construction bid.
Nobody, that is, except the Miami Herald In this new era of “fake news,”
the Herald has made a grand entrance with a series of slanted and
error-filled news stories used to underpin a sanctimonious opinion piece
written by the newspaper’s editorial board.
The coverage exposes the
Herald’s clear editorial slant against the winning bidder on a”signature
bridge” project slated to begin construction in downtown Miami.
Nevermind
that the winning bidder scored the highest overall among all competitors based
on aesthetics, price, technical proposal and time to build. The Miami Herald
would have you believe the company proposed the lowest-scoring bid.
Nevermind
that the Florida Department of Transportation has made every single
document about the project publicly available online. The Miami Herald would
have you believe the process was secretive.
Nevermind
that there were nine different public hearings just to discuss the aesthetics
of the project and the meeting minutes from every meeting are available here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
The Miami Herald would have you believe there is lack of local input.
Nevermind
all of that, and so much more. Because the Miami Herald Editorial Board has
decided to stick its collective nose in the middle of what is now a disputed
contract award. Oh, sure, the Herald’s editors go out of their way to allege
this was a “back room deal” but that they are unconcerned about that, only
about the selection process, which they argue was “far from transparent or
inclusive.”
How the Herald’s editors reach that conclusion can be better
understood once some light is shed on the Herald’s previous coverage of
the bridge project.
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