The Superficiality of Today's News

I read the paper every day.  It keeps me connected to the Key West community.  Reading is a great way to energize your brain in the morning.  I also like to make sure I'm not in the obituary section.

The Key West Citizen publishes a daily "Today in Key West History" section in the paper.  It's a perfect example of the dumbing down of society.  The is from today's paper:

1960: Eckwood Solomon Jr. was awarded the Philippine Military Academy’s “Order of Merit.” He was an exchange student from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Gosh, that's fascinating.  Who is Eckwood Solomon, Jr?  How is he important to Key West history?  The reader is left without answers.   There's no context given to explain to the reader who Eckwood was.  I have contacted editors of the Key West Citizen twice about the superficiality of their history entries.  Their answer was polite but not committal.  A quick Google search helped to provide the necessary context.  Here's how the entry should read...

Eckwood Solomon Jr. was awarded the Philippine Military Academy’s “Order of Merit.” The Key West High School valedictorian of the class of 1959 and a 4th generation Key West native, he was the first American to graduate from the Philippians Military Academy as part of an exchange program with USMA.  Captain "Kiko" Solomon was killed in Vietnam in 1966 at the age of 26.  His father, Ekwood, Sr. died in 1968 at the age of 53.  Captain Solomon received the Bronze Star for Valor and the Purple Heart for his service.  In 2016 Philippine Ambassador Chuasoto spoke at the 50th anniversary memorial of his death.

God rest Eckwood Solomon, Jr.  American Veterans:  We don't know them all, but we owe them all.