[johnny7]

...has attracted new subscribers from Barcelona, Toronto and Dublin.

Great marketing plan... now all they gotta do is get some Spanish, Canadian and Irish businesses to advertise so they can stay in operation.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

All together now: AWWWWWWWW

;-)

[Melas]

Revenge seems like the wrong word to be used here. The papers subscribers are just availing themselves of their rights as consumers to not buy his product. The advertisers are simply looking elsewhere to spend their advertising dollars.

The only thing that bothered me was, "Football coaches are refusing to allow reporters to cover their matches." That sounds like genuine interference with the press. Press is supposed to have equal access, and this is obviously in violation of that.

[SaintDismas]

I wonder if anyone has an idea to start a competing paper.. that would really do it

[lonestar]

The smallest, biased paper for losers in the country.

[Vision]

This week, the Iconoclast is working on an election conspiracy theory, involving possible tampering with electronic voting machines in Florida and Ohio.

Oh this is a world class paper. Shut 'em down

[100%FEDUP]

You are entitled to say whatever you want, that is called FREE-SPEECH! The impending consequences are left solely to those who agree or disagree with you. I love the USA!

[Bob Mc]

"The Kerry endorsement was a bold move for a paper dependent on local advertising income."

The Kerry endorsement was a stupid move for a paper dependent on local advertising.

How stupid can these liberals get? In Crawford Texas, home of beloved George Bush, of all places?

[Noachian]

"We did that editorial based on principle," he said.

Seems like his principles should have him in another market, like San Francisco.

[quantim]

Nothing like a free market to determine who lives and who dies.

[Bob]

...football coaches are refusing to allow reporters to cover their matches.

Football matches?? I guess I must be one of those red-state backward rubes -- I've always called them "football games".

[Caipirabob]

I'll state the obvious and say that Mr. Smith could stand to learn a bit from Professor Darwin.

[FormerACLUmember]

It is not "revenge." This is freedom of choice. Buh Bye Iconoclast. End of the line.

NEXT: NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Newsweek!!!!

[redhead]

"This week, the Iconoclast is working on an election conspiracy theory, involving possible tampering with electronic voting machines in Florida and Ohio."

LOLOL!! He'd better not go checking into THAT, or he's liable to get one heck of a surprise!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

This week, the Iconoclast is working on an election conspiracy theory, involving possible tampering with electronic voting machines in Florida and Ohio.

Keep your arms up over your head. It makes it harder for them to throw the net over you.

[NittanyLion]

football coaches are refusing to allow reporters to cover their matches

Just wait another month, when coaches will refuse to allow reporters to cover their wrestling games...

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Stringfellow Hawke]

"The Kerry endorsement was a bold move for a paper dependent on local advertising income."

I had another word other then "bold" that I was thinking about, more like STUPID move. Another one of those people complaining about consequences to their actions like the Ditzy Twits.

Since this newspaper covers 'local' news, what in the heck do foreigners from Canada, Spain and Ireland care about local sports from Texas? I seriously doubt a 'local' newspaper can survive when its local population no longer supports it and has to depend on foreigners to prop it up and keep it alive.

[ErnBatavia]

But while local readership of the Iconoclast has halved, its now-famous editorial has attracted new subscribers from Barcelona, Toronto and Dublin.

...and I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that there will be 'zero' in the way of renewals, come the time.

[MayflowerMadam]

"...Iconoclast is working on an election conspiracy theory, involving possible tampering with electronic voting machines in Florida and Ohio."

How stupid are they -- really? Any investigations in this vein will uncover overwhelming Democrat improprieties. I don't think they want to touch this subject; it's just a lot of blustering.

[starfish923]

The newspaper has been flooded with angry letters, readers are boycotting it and shops refusing to stock it. Mr Smith is considering pulling out of town. "The hate mail hasn't stopped," he said. "There have been about 2000 letters in all, from Crawford and the rest of our circulation area. We knew some people wouldn't like it, but the vehemence of the reaction has been extraordinary. People just glare at me in the street." The Kerry endorsement was a bold move for a paper dependent on local advertising income. Road signs around Crawford proclaim the area to be "Bush Country". Shops sell Bush badges, Bush mugs and Bush T-shirts. About 80 per cent of Crawford's 700 residents are declared Bush supporters. Almost all, it seems, have penned an angry letter to The Lone Star Iconoclast. Advertising revenue has collapsed and football coaches are refusing to allow reporters to cover their matches.
Bold" move?
I would call it "arrogant" or "stupid." Probably both.
What makes me chuckle is his inability to predict the outcome. But, that's where the arrogance comes in. He probably thinks that the folks in Crawford are just so stupid or ignorant that he could get away with WHATEVER he wanted -- with no fall out.
Arrogance.

But while local readership of the Iconoclast has halved, its now-famous editorial has attracted new subscribers from Barcelona, Toronto and Dublin. Despite his plummeting circulation and the ostracism of his reporters, Mr Smith has no regrets. "We did that editorial based on principle," he said.
1. If Mr. Smith has no regrets, then it shows what little regard he has for his readership.
It also shows what little regard he has for his reporters. He KNEW the "crap" his reporters would have to take and he let it happen.
2. Principle? Baloney. Mr. Smith CHOSE to be the editor in this little town and KNEW what his readership was. He was simply being an arrogant S.O.B. and rubbing the noses of his readship in some liberal ka-ka.

This week, the Iconoclast is working on an election conspiracy theory, involving possible tampering with electronic voting machines in Florida and Ohio.
More arrogance.
He won't last long there.
No doubt he will show up as a columnist somewhere in the near future, at some liberal rag in a blue state.