The Free Times is a free weekly in Columbia, S.C. I’ll grant you that the free weekly format lends itself to extended editorials masquerading as news, but their story on the payday lending industry would make it’s kissing cousin the unabashed East Bay Express blush.  Asserting facts with no attributions? 19 words out of almost 500 given to the industry–and a quote with no attribution at that?  Back to journalism school with Corey Hutchins! There we can only hope that the curriculum properly addresses citations, balanced reporting, and perhaps a seminar on how to listen critically to viewpoints that differ from one’s own.