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McCaw, a local philanthropist active on environmental and animal rights issues,

OK, I probably don't like her politics, but it's her paper, and she's free to run it as she pleases. And I'm free to ignore her and her paper.

1 posted on 07/06/2006 7:36:07 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL; abb

Ping!


2 posted on 07/06/2006 7:44:24 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Pray for our President and for our heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world!)
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To: SmithL

And the previous owner was the Slimes, so how much worse could she be? I wonder if she's related to the billionaire McCaw family...sold cell phone bandwidth or something, I believe.


3 posted on 07/06/2006 7:44:44 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Jack Murtha? Not in my Marine Corps!)
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Travis Armstrong is pending trial for DUI. Wendy hates hunters, calls hunting "blood sport." As if the meat on her table doesn't come from a dead animal. Yep, its her paper alright, but it sure is a mixed bag. I wish they stuck to local coverage, I personally have no need to read re-hashed NYT pulp.


4 posted on 07/06/2006 7:46:28 PM PDT by RKV ( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
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McCaw, a local philanthropist active on environmental and animal rights issues, bought the paper from The New York Times Co. in October 2000.

Where do you begin?

5 posted on 07/06/2006 7:46:29 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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"She wants stronger and more local news coverage," Singer said. "They had different interests and chose to resign."

That comment makes me wonder if the owners wanted the editorial staff to do boring things like attend city council meetings and interview members of the public, while the editorial staff just wanted to hang around the office and get the news off the fax machine and the AP wire, as usual.

6 posted on 07/06/2006 7:57:59 PM PDT by JennysCool (Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
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So acting publisher Travis Armstrong is both writing editorials and editing news reports, and the paper did a bad job of reporting on Armstrong's DUI. Also, the paper published Rob Lowe's address.

Does that sound like sufficient justification for six employees to quit? There has to be more to this story.

7 posted on 07/06/2006 8:19:38 PM PDT by TChad
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The new owner:

Photo is from the Santa Barbara Independent.

22 posted on 07/07/2006 3:03:49 PM PDT by TChad
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well, anyone who orders that women be called Miss or Mrs. unless explicit permission to be called Ms. in the article can't be that bad.

That paper has been a left wing troika for a long time....I say let them quit....save the expense of firing them all.


24 posted on 07/07/2006 4:53:15 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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Sure are Lots of old news rags going thru 'transitions' of late... or is it just me? or maybe they're just slipping out of one old snakeskin into new attire. ;-)


31 posted on 02/06/2007 6:25:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......)
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