Farewell USA Today! (I Hardly Knew Ye)

SherylAttkinson.com ^ | September 28, 2016 | Sheryl Attkinsson

[georgiarat]

For me, it will be difficult to view USA Today from now on as the newspaper it once was. After all, when an editorial board admits this sort of bias, it’s reasonable to suspect they’ll see fit to deviate from other normal editorial policies, slanting their news coverage in subtle if not overt ways.

[poconopundit]

Gee, an unbiased, honest journalist. Isn’t that a novel idea.

USA Today has gone downhill in recent years. And given their headquarters is sitting in Arlington on the Potomac River, they are totally in bed with the D.C. establishment.

[kaktuskid]

Gannett has turned all of its “local” newspapers into USA Today with a few local pages

[publius911]

Apologize it should be Sharyl and not Sheryl.

You're batting 1.000.

It's Attkisson, NOT Attkinsson...

[DAC21]

My choice for the permenent replacement of Greta on Fox.

[PhiloBedo]

USA Today is, and has been, a leftist propaganda tool, akin to the Pravda we used to ridicule last century.

It’s only real use, for the traveler at least, is the tv guide.

[ReaganGeneration2]

The USAToday, a major American “newspaper”, cited that Trump “lacks the temperament, knowledge, steadiness and honesty that America needs” - neglecting the fact that the only other real choice is demonstrably 100x worse.

Other than lack of “unwavering” support for NATO and something about opposing Russian aggression (peaceful annexation of Crimea??), they fail to mention any disagreement on policy.

The summary reason from this national “newspaper”: his tone.

Thanks for fueling the Trump movement, MSM.

[SharpRightTurn]

“Very well written by one of the last true journalists. Certainly one of the last I respect.”

Same here.

[sima_yi]

I have found USA today to be unbiased. For every positive news story they run about Hillary!, they run a negative one about Trump.

(/s)

[rodguy911]

I left her a little note over at her site,Atkisson is one of the last few greats.

[Fred Hayek]

I always called it McNews.

[Mr. Douglas]

I never did take it seriously.

[rodguy911]

shes a dying breed the best of the best.

[rodguy911]

Great idea she would be perfect far better than gerta as well.

[Sans-Culotte]

I only ever read t when it is a complimentary copy in a hotel room. And I seldom read it even then.

[Resettozero]

Gee, an unbiased, honest journalist. Isn’t that a novel idea.

Not when I began to study journalism. Not when a younger Sarah Heath studied journalism.

On TV, this all began with dopey news consultants and Happy News. Then it spread like leprosy.

[wbill]

USA Today is the McDonalds of newspapers.

I occasionally read it. Good for financial advice - if all of its writers are yelling "BUY! BUY!" then I sell, and vice versa.

Been doing that for 20-odd years. Haven't been wrong, yet.

[ml/nj]

the newspaper it once was

I always thought it was a joke. Maybe I'm not traveling as much as I used to but I cannot remember seeing a copy for years now.

ML/NJ

[Robe]

Donna Shalala is on the Board of Gannet,which owns USA Today, any wonder they’re biased?

[georgiarat]

Okay it was late, uh, too much to drink, uh past my bedtime, uh, the heck with it :-)

[CyberAnt]

While that may be a good reason to pick up the newspaper; it also registers as a “sold” paper .. and I would never give the newspaper the satisfaction of a sale.