Well, numerous critics said it would never happen. That ”’Hawaii Reporter”’ was started just to help get more conservative candidates into office in the 2002 election and that after the general election, the paper would be shut down. The critics claimed ”’Hawaii Reporter”’ would never survive its first year. Then when ”’Hawaii Reporter”’ made it to over 2 million hits in one year, with more people signing up for news headlines every day, the critics began to find other ways to undermine ”’Hawaii Reporter,”’ including three hack attacks, which shut down the paper temporarily.
Well, so far the critics are wrong. ”’Hawaii Reporter”’ turns 2 years old this week.
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