tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post3263307083242540161..comments2024-03-15T07:23:41.562-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: O brave new worldJohn McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-10919821011971763032010-01-01T11:43:45.666-05:002010-01-01T11:43:45.666-05:00What newspapers need is a backwards-looking plan t...What newspapers need is a backwards-looking plan that restores quality to the newsroom. For now, who can forget the immortal words of a Washington Times city editor, "Damnit, we're on deadline. Stop levitating and type."Patrick K. Lackeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-86991505753513043582010-01-01T04:41:31.338-05:002010-01-01T04:41:31.338-05:00The Times implosion is newsworthy: If owner-subsid...The Times implosion is newsworthy: If owner-subsidized newspapers can't make it, the message should be crystal clear to anyone who still holds out the slightest hope for print news. Everybody needs to sit back, take a stress pill, and re-read Fahrenheit 451.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-5259845550687240742009-12-31T16:32:59.670-05:002009-12-31T16:32:59.670-05:00I am all sympathy for the fired workers, but anyth...I am all sympathy for the fired workers, but anything the WashTimes does to kill itself off — it's never made money — is for the public good.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-17685782892341116552009-12-31T13:24:05.517-05:002009-12-31T13:24:05.517-05:00It would appear the Washington Times is staffed by...It would appear the Washington Times is staffed by lawyers.Michele Hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979878503237070839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-17048889699924545342009-12-31T12:08:49.655-05:002009-12-31T12:08:49.655-05:00Slevin has obviously sacked all his copy editors. ...Slevin has obviously sacked all his copy editors. Lord, what a mangled sentence.Christopher J. Henrichhttp://mathinteract.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-25389177815957492522009-12-31T09:47:06.658-05:002009-12-31T09:47:06.658-05:00If legislatures (or, in the case cited, Congress) ...If legislatures (or, in the case cited, Congress) had any integrity at all, they would make such doublespeak grounds for justifiable homicide.Dick Margulishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.com