[Rhodes22-list] Newspapers - Brad

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

I read the STRIB online like everyone else.  Kerston wouldn't last a day in
this town.  We have Wendy Thomas, the exact political opposite of Katherine
but the same role.  I'm batting a 1000 against Wendy so far, two for two.
This is sad to watch.  You can get better news analysis on the blogs but you
have to sift through the shit.  Come to think of it, not that much different
than reading the newspaper.  The 'ole grey lady', otherwise known as the New
York Times, has the cross-hairs on her as well.  We'll be left with Gannett,
AP, and Rueters.  None of them are very impressive.  You are correct, the
visual of you on the throne with a laptop is not  pretty.  Please don't put
a webcam on the computer!

Brad


On 1/18/07, Slim <stevenalm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> My favorite local rag, The Star Tribune AND the St. Paul Pioneer Press are
> both going down in flames.  The Strib was just sold in a rushed deal the
> day
> after Christmas to pay for MaClatchy's CEO, Gary Pruitt's capitol gains
> taxes.  After only a few weeks now both papers are shadows of their former
> selves with newsmen running for the door like lemmings.  Now would be a
> good
> time to try to lure your favorite Strib columnist, Katherine Kerston to
> Memphis.  (The only good news.)
>
> Papers across the country are losing readership because more are getting
> their news on the web.  Or is it more are on the web because papers are
> providing less?  Note: Minneapolis is the most web-connected city in the
> US
> per capita.  I won't read 32 pages online but I will in print.  A lot of
> folks read themselves to sleep at night.  I read myself awake and that
> coffee and paper thing has been a mainstay for ever.
>
> Sadly, I no longer feel I'm getting my money's worth from the Strib and
> I'm
> canceling my subscription after...well, after a lifetime since my parents
> always got the paper and so have I as an adult received the paper at my
> doorstep every day.  Now what am I going to do?  How am I supposed to get
> out of bed with nothing to read with my coffee?  How am I supposed to take
> a
> dump without the sports page?  Imagine me sitting there on the throne with
> my laptop.  No, don't.  Sorry for that visual.  These are life-long habits
> and I bummed.
>
> Slim
>
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