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L.A. Times staff offered pony rides
Houston Chronicle ^
| July 25, 2006
Posted on 07/26/2006 6:52:28 PM PDT by george76
A Los Angeles Times editor, hoping to give his journalists a break from reporting the often grim news in America's second-largest city, offered an unusual morale booster Monday: pony rides.
Managing Editor Doug Frantz ..."I hope it boosted morale..."
Like many major U.S. newspapers, the Times, forced to compete with news Web sites on the Internet, has seen circulation decline.
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TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
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Sinking readership and revenue, because of biased and mediocre reporting, is finally taking its toll .
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:52:29 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
I think pony rides are about right for LA Times Journalists
To: abb
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:54:17 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
To: george76
Good thing this wasn't the San Francisco Chronical
They've got a whole different idea of what a "pony ride" is up there.
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:55:41 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: george76
This aside,it seems like corporate America seems to be doing more and more of this kiddie BS to keep it's employees happy. Face painting for a bunch of 40 Somethings. We have our own business so I am not in that world, is it me?
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:56:07 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Must Purify Himself in The Waters of Lake Minnetonka)
To: digger48
"Seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool" ELP
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:57:11 PM PDT
by
geopyg
(If the carrot doesn't work, use the stick. Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
To: george76
A Los Angeles Times editor, hoping to give his journalists a break from reporting the often grim news in America's second-largest city, offered an unusual morale booster Monday: pony rides. Says everything you need to know about LA Times reporting.
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posted on
07/26/2006 6:58:58 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | NYT:Jihadi Journal)
To: digger48; Grampa Dave
Ouch !
A San Francisco "pony ride"...
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:00:14 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I hope they take their pony rides wth these guys...
To: george76
Like many major U.S. newspapers, the Times, forced to compete with news Web sites on the Internet that report the truth, has seen circulation decline. There, fixed it!
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:03:27 PM PDT
by
calex59
(The '86 amnesty put us in the toilet, now the senate wants to flush it!)
To: george76
I know there is a pony in here someplace...(looking through the LAT)
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:03:59 PM PDT
by
Jumpmaster
(Teddy is all wet.)
To: Liz; Milhous; martin_fierro; BIGLOOK
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:04:55 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: calex59
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:05:57 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I have a pony they can ride.
To: george76
I never get tired of Gordon Schumway!
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:06:37 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
(Mr. Jazzy, VPD of LCpl Smoothguy242, USMC, LavaDog 1/3 Marines Ooorah!!!)
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:08:15 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Oh yeah, a real morale booster! Pony rides in the middle of a heat wave? No wonder they're sinking.
To: StayoutdaBushesWay; Babu
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posted on
07/26/2006 7:14:54 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
To: george76
Poor journalists, at least they're just reporting the 'grim', not experiencing it...
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