Though the publication was often unfairly critical of the Rhino Times, the alternative far-left Greensboro publication known as Triad City Beat did have its moments of breaking real news, and, truly, the disappearance of yet one more news publication – even a far-left leaning one that could be unfair at times – is undesirable.
Over the last decade, local news outlets – and national ones as well – have been dropping like flies, and, recently, Triad City Beat Editor Sayaka Matsuoka announced that, despite a major effort to remain in operation, the newspaper would be folding at the end of February.
In a statement posted on the publication’s website, Matsuoka wrote that money-raising efforts had come up short…