Dean Miller fired

A few days ago the Post Register ran a front page story about a local woman who sells sex products. A link to her site revealed some pretty graphic pictures.

It's no coincidence that Dean Miller was subsequently fired Wednesday from the paper. I don't think that this one story was the entire reason, just the last straw. For years Miller has aired stories offensive to the local population -- and not just the LDS. In his mind, he probably thinks it's courageous. In some cases challenging people's belief systems is an act of courage, but in others it's a gratuitous attempt to offend.

While Dean Miller was away to Harvard a couple of years ago pursuing a self-styled degree about life in a "one-religion town", the Post Register seemed to be getting on track, covering the news in a sensitive way.

I believe that the Post Register has had a "come to Jesus" meeting with themselves, realizing that they may well be doomed by a combination of a bad economy and newspaper-unfriendly changes in society. They know that they can't afford to have an editor that compounds those problems by offending the very people who pay for their ink and paper.

I have no doubt that Miller is a talented individual, but belatedly the Post Register has realized he's not a fit for this community.