Originally the paper's sole politics news blog with a mix of staff writers posting, it gradually became a personal vehicle for Malcolm, a former editorial writer at the paper and New York Times foreign correspondent. His staunchly pro-Republican posts on the blog carved out a new life for Malcolm as a web and radio commentator and made him a frequent guest in conservative media. But critics have wondered why the Times devoted a senior (in salary) staff position to a blog that was essentially a gathering place for anti-Obama talking points, while laying off journalists and cutting news and opinion coverage.There's still no hope for the Times, mind you.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Good Riddance
One-time Laura Bush press flunky Andrew Malcolm is taking his column from the L.A. Times to Investors Business Daily, where he will join fellow Times cast-off cartoonist Michael Ramirez in the spewing of crap.
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There's still no hope for the Times, mind you.
of course not.
But there's no hope for anybody or anything, is there?
In These Times Editor:
We're hoping to see the whole shit-house go up in flames around us while we can still schadenfreude it.
More amusing Times stuff.
you realize that the conflagration will take you out first, don't you?
Or is that what you are counting on?
Nero Fiddling Editor:
That is not our plan. And why would we be first? (If you know something we don't, pls. advise.)
But critics have wondered why the Times devoted a senior (in salary) staff position to a blog that was essentially a gathering place for anti-Obama talking points, while laying off journalists and cutting news and opinion coverage.
Are those critics still wondering or what?
Publisher Editor Suggests:
A look at L.A. Times owner Tribune Co., & one of its publishers, "Col." McCormick, is informative.
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