The Arizona Daily Star abdicated all semblance of standards years before Tim Steller assumed editorial responsibilities. Yet he continues to entrench his publication in quagmires of distraction and furious hand-waving to keep his readers from pondering the questions of legitimate import to the community. It’s an act that has been overplayed and has become trite.
In his latest blatant hit piece, Steller feebly attempts to take Ally Miller to task for trusting one of her staff members to tell her the truth. (And, before you furl your brow, yes, I freely acknowledge that you are reading a hit piece against the Star, a publication I have considered fully discredited for multiple decades.) Let us–briefly–consider the Miller angle: Unlike the career politicians to whom the Star’s editorials incessantly pander, Miller comes from outside the political machine. She, like most mature adults in any managerial role, sets standards and holds her staff to them; in this case, she expected her staffer to tell the truth. The staffer is a jerk and a fool; Miller is trusting and altruistic. Which is more than I can say for the legacy media in this town. Steller accused a number of media personalities around the community of some form of cover for Miller. Never mind the sycophantic drivel that is his entire body of work and its support of his favored politicians, no: No elected official who despises the status quo is allowed to have one single voice of support in the community, in Steller’s Tucson!