Bent: I’ll Take Peck Over Smith

Bent: Chris Peck, like him or not, knew how to run a paper. He built the SR up into a top-25 newspaper — not by exposing the perfectly legal sexual habits of elected officals, but by taking the time to acurately and fairly reflect the happenings of all the “communities” in our region every single day. For the most part, Peck resisted the temptation to sensationalize. He understood the importance of keeping the story separate from the personalities and the newspaper. Well except for the time the SR shot a picture Mark Fuhrman’s wife at the airport, but everyone makes mistakes.

Question: What will be the legacy of the last two SR editors: Chris Peck and Steve Smith?