[msnimje]

...people who actively support politicians locally and nationally."

Of course it is okay when the Democrats do it.

[Lancey Howard]

Rosenthal was the perfect editor for the "Stinky" - - as brazen a liberal as you could find.
But somehow, I think he fits in even better in San Fransicko - - the bottom of the barrel.

[The Old Hoosier]

Oh, what would be good for the country is for a huge conglomerate like Ganett to take over and turn the paper into a semi-literate rag.

[Spktyr]

They're right - it's very dangerous.

I mean, what happens if this paper goes conservative and circulation/ad sales start going *up*??? Then there will be a whole lot of liberal newsies who will have to scramble to explain to shareholders why they're losing share and the Inky is increasing. And shortly after that there will be a lot of vacancies....

[Waco]

The new owners could get a leg up if they have plenty of comics and puzzles. Then "fair and balanced" puts them over the top.

[Steely Tom]

But Mort Zuckerman is all right cause he's a reliable lib.

[BallyBill]

Tierney served as national head of Catholics for Bush in 2000 and has been active in other Republican campaigns.

The Horror!

[GadareneDemoniac]

It is comical to me how "journalists" -- who have NO professional qualifications whatsoever -- think they are so superior to everybody else. They have the gall to proclaim that their own whims and prejudices constitue "jounalistic ethics".

Just last night, I was watching a show on PBS where some poor guy from one of the Russian republics was trying to rescue his wife, who had been sold into prostitution in the islamic paradise of Turkey. In desparation, he came up with a scheme that would require the active participation of the "journalists" who were filming his struggle. Naturally, the female-in-charge of the crew spent time in front of the camera pontificating about whether they should "get involved". It p-ed me off so bad I turned the TV off and went to bed.

Secretly, like all socialists, they hate normal people because normal people value genuine accomplishment rather than self-absorbed navel-gazing.

[Doc Savage]

Wait a minute! This moron say the Inq was "Great Journalism???" It's a Communist Rag-Sheet you would see fit to wipe a horses ass!

[Stentor]

I can't imagine a guy like Brian Tierney taking a back seat and letting things get in the paper that he is unhappy with

Like the Inky's enthusiastic cheerleading for the Palestinian terrorists. Herb Denenberg (Search Inquirer) documents the Anti-semitic bias of the Inquirer.

[abb]

Another pertinent thread here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637230/posts

Ping to the Dinosaur Media Extinction Alert list

[wireman]

I still miss the Evening Bulletin.

[denydenydeny]

a "fierce advocate who is used to getting his own way

Yes, as opposed to, say, a calm and objective editor like the New York Times's Arthur Sulzberger:

"I will start with an apology," Sulzberger told the graduates, who wore black gowns and hats with yellow tassels. "When I graduated in 1974, my fellow students and I ended the Vietnam War and ousted President Nixon. OK. OK. That's not quite true. Maybe there were larger forces at play.

"Either way, we entered the real world committed to making it a better, safer, cleaner, more equal place," Sulzberger added. "We were determined not to repeat the mistakes of our predecessors. We had seen the horror and futility of war and smelled the stench of government corruption. Our children, we vowed, would never know that. So, well, I am sorry."

"It wasn't supposed to be this way," Sulzberger said. "You weren't supposed to be graduating in an America fighting a misbegotten war in a foreign land. You weren't supposed to be graduating into a world where we are still fighting for fundamental human rights, be it the rights of immigrants to start a new life, the right of gays to marry or the rights of women to choose."

Sulzberger added the graduates weren't supposed to be let into a world "where oil still drives policy and environmentalists have to relentlessly fight for every gain."

This is objectivity?

[Tribune7]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Fintan]

Tierney served as national head of Catholics for Bush in 2000 and has been active in other Republican campaigns.

 

Rosenthal could've contributed a lot less to global warming by just saying this and sitting down.

[Cicero]

Philadelphia always votes heavily Democrat, meaning liberal, but it's not clear how many of those voters buy newspapers. Still, I doubt whether the new owners can afford to turn the paper conservative. There's a lot of limousine liberals in the area, too, I think.

But they could put an end to printing DNC talking points every day. And they could put an end to some of the more egregious lies and unattributed propaganda. Fox has shown that "fair and balanced" sells well.

Anything more than gradual change would probably involve firing 90% of the staff and replacing them. I doubt whether they'll do that.

[Antoninus]

Brian Tierney, a "fierce advocate who is used to getting his own way....I can't imagine a guy like Brian Tierney taking a back seat and letting things get in the paper that he is unhappy with," Rosenthal told E&P just hours after the deal was announced. "He was a very fierce advocate for his clients, there was nothing subtle about him -- elbows and knees."

Brian Tierney is a moderate conservative--a good man, but hardly the strident maniac Rosenthal is portraying him to be. This is an amusing case of a leftist nut saying that anyone to the right of Stalin is an extremist wacko.

[Grampa Dave]

Oh that would be great to bring in a real Catholic and Republic owner to these Philly fishwraps.

One can feel the fear and anguish going through the left wing lunatics who have gathered a paycheck for decades for lying about Catholics, Republicans and President Bush.

Some advise to the new owner if this happens:

Close down the newspaper, fire everyone who is a registered rat, ban the union and bring in new people to run the place. Any left over rat still employed will be like leaving a typhoid Mary.