Inlander

Editorial seems to be asleep. When informed of errors in their articles, they only halfway correct them.

After seeing the cover for the most recent issue with the 2013 year in review, I have decided The Inlander can sink no lower. What journalist with any sense would hide Nelson Mandela in a photo collage so that he is almost unnoticeable, but puts a full body feature of Kim and Kanye? Sometimes there are good articles, but mostly there is an obvious political slant that plays pretty fast and loose with facts. This is a new low, however. How can you possibly believe that Kim and Kanye deserve more focus than Nelson Mandela? And Barak Obama is front and center. If Mandela had not broken down barriers for the whole world to take in, I seriously doubt that President Obama would have gotten elected. Even more insulting is that Miley Cyrus is also front and center. Does she really rate more influence in our world than Nelson Mandela?
This is a new low for you, Inlander. Way to start off the year.

Meh. What can I say, I’ve been reading the Stranger for over 10 years. That’s my standard for a 4star paper– the writers are so good that I will even read articles about shit I don’t care much about. For the Inlander the writing should be interesting enough to possess my attention. I don’t know if this is true but years ago I heard the editor (s) there do not give their writers much freedom.
Sometimes they do great features, I was shocked when weeks ago I saw they did a feature on the top 10 censored news stories of the year (
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I mainly just look at them for the music/​dj listings for each week. I wish Spokane had a weekly that was more clever, more profound, less predictable, less cliché. Like, something that would challenge this city to become a more dynamic place

By far the best newspaper that comes out in this city, far outdoing the Spokesman that looms largely just down the street. I remember counting the days until a new edition would be dropped off somewhere around town.
The actual location of the company that does the Inlander is right next to the masonic temple and the Spokane Club. Some nice park benches in the middle of the road offer a good place to go and sit after you’ve picked up the latest copy, and it’s even possible to play a game or three of chess/​checkers on one of the boards in the island.

As someone who’s been in Spokane only a couple months, the Inlander has helped me immensely. It’s the closest thing Spokane has to a giant culture message board (much like this site, but significantly more active… and in print rather than electronic form).
I think it strikes a great balance between «serious» news, humor, and reviews. The entertainment weekly of my last city which is actually quite a bit larger than Spokane (Oklahoma City, believe it or not) pales in comparison to the Inlander.
A great rag to dial you into the local culture or just to see what concerts/​events/​festivals are coming up.