Posted on 04/22/2009 4:47:17 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
One measure of how far newspapers in general and McClatchy newspapers in particular have fallen is a mock newspaper front page (image below the fold) created by workers at the Raleigh News & Oberver making fun of their McClatchy CEO Gary Pruitt (photo). Pruitt, who went on a disastrous spending spree a few years ago buying up doomed newspapers, including the Miami Herald, is widely credited for bringing McClatchy newspapers to the brink of financial collapse.
This issue of the mock News & Observer front page was published in honor of the 31 employees who were released from their jobs yesterday. The publication was professionally produced and features a photo of many of the released employees waving goodbye from the roof of the News & Obrserver.
The headline of the mock front page states: "We'll get off at this next port, please."
Below, the subhead continues the thought: "But Do Enjoy The Rest Of The Voyage---Mind The Icebergs."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
PING!
PING!
I used to work at the N&O years ago and I know a lot of those guys. I thought the mock page was GREAT!
The pooh-bahs at McCrotchety are renowned for thin skins.
Better get yourself a copy of that mock front page. It is destined to become a collector’s item.
http://editor.blogspot.com/2009/04/navigating-painfully-through-peril.html
Navigating painfully through peril
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