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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.
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.
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6 comments:

  1. zombie rotten mcdonald16 September, 2011 14:18

    There's still no hope for the Times, mind you.

    of course not.

    But there's no hope for anybody or anything, is there?

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  2. M. Bouffant16 September, 2011 16:16

    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.

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  3. zombie rotten mcdonald16 September, 2011 16:40

    you realize that the conflagration will take you out first, don't you?

    Or is that what you are counting on?

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  4. M. Bouffant17 September, 2011 00:14

    Nero Fiddling Editor:

    That is not our plan. And why would we be first? (If you know something we don't, pls. advise.)

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  5. Substance McGravitas18 September, 2011 11:49

    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?

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  6. M. Bouffant19 September, 2011 14:40

    Publisher Editor Suggests:

    A look at L.A. Times owner Tribune Co., & one of its publishers, "Col." McCormick, is informative.

    ReplyDelete

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