A small Missouri town has launched a new newspaper called The Uranus Examiner. But majority percent in the town of Uranus, Missouri, can not accept it easily to be the title of the town’s new newspaper.
This current week the launch of the Uranus Examiner has been announced by the publishers Wednesday, a new local paper in Pulaski County in the southern US state. It quickly became the butt of controversy, flushing out critics who wasted no time attacking the new title.
The town’s mayor, Luge Hardman, said to boycott the paper after its launch, According to local media reports.
“No. I’m sorry. But the innuendo of that title puts my city up for public ridicule, and I will not be a part of it,” Hardman was quoted as saying.
It was also hard to stomach for a competing news publisher, Darrell Todd Maurina, who said it “does not indicate a serious newspaper”.
Though there is straining relations with local authorities, the paper’s managing editor, Natalie Sanders, have faith that the name had a ring to it.
“We had thought about constitution, but most of the people who love us, and who were part of coming up with the name, liked the examiner better,” Sanders reportedly said.
At the end of October the first issue of the paper is expected to be printed with distribution of approximately 15,000.
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American Town Launching Newspaper Called Uranus Examiner Facing Controversy
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