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North Carolina newspaper blames Trump for killing the Sunday comics
The Washington Times ^ | August 1, 2018 | Jonathan Drew

Posted on 08/01/2018 7:29:19 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain

RALEIGH, N.C. — Residents in a North Carolina town hoping to read “Rex Morgan M.D.” with Sunday coffee are in for a rude awakening. And a newspaper says it’s all President Donald Trump’s fault.

The Robesonian in Lumberton announced it’s dropping an eight-page color comics section from Sunday editions.

A newspaper editorial last week said it made the “not-so-funny” decision to cut the comics because of rising costs spurred by Trump administration tariffs on Canadian newsprint.

“This newspaper has made the difficult decision to drop the Sunday comics, a decision that we really believe was made at the White House,” the editorial said.

Instead, the newspaper will run a single page of black-and-white comics and puzzles. Absent from the downsized lineup this past Sunday were familiar strips such as “Rex Morgan” and “Funky Winkerbean.”

(Excerpt) Read more at amp.washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: canada; newspapers; tariffs; trump
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1 posted on 08/01/2018 7:29:19 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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Bump for later


2 posted on 08/01/2018 7:32:16 PM PDT by foreverfree
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Here’s an idea... let the paper industry thrive again here and let them clear out the forests that are overgrown and burning up the west, killing animals and ruining the landscape for generations.


3 posted on 08/01/2018 7:32:37 PM PDT by Hildy (The worst part of betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.)
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Robeson County has one of the worst crime rates in the entire state of North Carolina. It is definitely NOT a safe place to live.

President Trump is on the side of law enforcement and trying to rid our nation of the M13 gangs and other illegal alien criminals.

That newspaper should concentrate on these accomplishments and initiatives of the Trump administration and stop the whining about the comics.


4 posted on 08/01/2018 7:33:35 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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““This newspaper has made the difficult decision to drop the Sunday comics, a decision that we really believe was made at the White House,” the editorial said. “

Stupid liberals can’t even take responsibility for their own decisions.


5 posted on 08/01/2018 7:35:02 PM PDT by CodeToad
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“The Robesonian editorial acknowledged that newsprint costs aren’t the only challenge it faces. Like other newspapers, it’s taken a hit from shifting reading habits that have led to a decline in advertisers and readers.”

The internet is wiping these obsolete rags from existence. Not President Trump.


6 posted on 08/01/2018 7:35:58 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (mongrel at large)
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raise the price ten cents
7 posted on 08/01/2018 7:36:10 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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Last I checked we had about a hundred paper mills that made newsprint paper. Most closed. Maybe we can reopen one or two?

Make the paper industry great again.

8 posted on 08/01/2018 7:37:15 PM PDT by blackdog
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“Print is dead.”


9 posted on 08/01/2018 7:38:52 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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Seems to me they have much bigger problems in Lumberton


10 posted on 08/01/2018 7:39:24 PM PDT by montag813
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Residents in a North Carolina town hoping to read “Rex Morgan M.D.” with Sunday coffee are in for a rude awakening. And a newspaper says it’s all President Donald Trump’s fault.

Do they think it is grounds for impeachment? Idiots.

11 posted on 08/01/2018 7:40:18 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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Fake-news   Funnies   Flash

12 posted on 08/01/2018 7:48:35 PM PDT by Songcraft
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"let the paper industry thrive again here and let them clear out the forests that are overgrown and burning up the west, killing animals and ruining the landscape for generations."

Better yet, why don't they print their newspapers on paper bags since that's the only bags that the nanny states will be letting you use. Or, print it on paper straws. Can you imagine trying to read today's editorial while sipping on your straw?

13 posted on 08/01/2018 7:50:48 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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Wrong! It’s because not enough people are willing to pay for their fishwrapper!


14 posted on 08/01/2018 7:55:25 PM PDT by citizen (President Trump: HeÂ’s combined The Art of the Deal with AlinskyÂ’s Rules For Radicals. Game over.)
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Residents in a North Carolina town hoping to read “Rex Morgan M.D.” with Sunday coffee are in for a rude awakening

That they can read it online like everything else in that rag?

http://comicskingdom.com/rex-morgan-m-d/2018-07-29

15 posted on 08/01/2018 8:04:44 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
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Wow it’s like they want to replay the Fiorella La Guardia scenario as precisely as possible.


16 posted on 08/01/2018 8:10:58 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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Newspapers killed off the Sunday comics long ago. Made em smaller, and less of them. Needed the pulp for ads.


17 posted on 08/01/2018 8:17:52 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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Shut down the whole paper and save a lot more money, while also saving the trees.


18 posted on 08/01/2018 8:19:37 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

Was it named after Paul Robeson, the Black Commie Actor?


19 posted on 08/01/2018 8:22:52 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: chief lee runamok

The last time I picked up a Sunday paper (you can tell that it’s a declining habit with me)....I looked at the comics section. It was about 50-percent of what you would have gotten in 1977. Sunday comics have been dying for forty years.


20 posted on 08/01/2018 8:36:18 PM PDT by pepsionice
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