…that I’m going to stop reading The O’s coverage of the premature quints at OHSU now that Tom Hallman Jr’s on the story.

Yeah, yeah, yeah – the guy wins awards. But I’ve always found his work long on pathos (how many ways can one deliberately try to tweak those heartstrings, anyway?) and short on actual substance. Not to mention in desperate need of a less-indulgent editor. I’ve felt this way for some time, even before the controversy about his latest story about the mathematician. In fact, I remember bailing out on that story somewhere in paragraph two, to be honest – and haven’t followed the outcry since.

I know a bit about the subject of preemies (although nowhere near the first hand experience the parents of the Ford quints are getting, of course.) My own daughter was delivered at St. Vincent’s eight years ago this week, almost seven weeks premature. And as a result, I’m definitely interested in the outcome of the three surviving babies.

I’ll just be getting the updates from a source other than The O, is all…