Posted on 11/16/2001 1:08:48 PM PST by jbemis
I can't say for certain, either, but I do remember a morning in the early eighties when I looked at the front page of my Times and saw that of the ten or so articles featured on the front page, seven of them used the word, "victim" or its equivalent in either the headline or the lead paragraph. None of the subjects of those articles were otherwise honorable people, but members of the diverse groups of useful idiots courted by the left.
Now when the telemarketers call to try to get me to subscribe to their "newspaper", I give them the favorite liberal line:
"I know newspapers.
I used to work for a newspaper.
And believe me, The Los Angeles Times is no newspaper.
At one time, I enjoyed Conrad. But then, at one time I Was what we used to mean by the term, "Liberal." Konrad lost his wit (began showing nothing but vitriol) over Nixon, and from the early 70's to when the Times finally dumped him, years after Nixon was gone, that was his only topic.
For years, I subscribed to the OC Register. Then, it became a collection of stories from AP, the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, etc. They had no national or international writers, so they bought the news. Except for the WSJ, all their sources were left wing. And this from a paper that claims it is libertarian.
In desperation, I dropped the Register and tried the Times for a while. Earlier this year, I couldn't stand seeing the Times at my front door every morning and went back to the Register. Unfortunately, the Register can't even cover the local So Cal and Orange County news properly. So now, I am considereing dropping it again.
Isn't our system of free enterprise WONDERFUL?The Times was rocked recently by news that its average weekday circulation for the six months ended September 30 dropped to 972, 957 - a decline of nearly 5%. This loss was the second highest among the nation's top 20 newspapers.
Is there any chance that business will get SO bad that the L.A. Times will someday actually start printing JOURNALISM?
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"It's bad enough (though acceptable) that the Times' editorial page has been intellectually corrupted by left-wing politics, but the selection and writing of its 'news' stories are now also colored by liberal pieties.
Sometimes I imagine the paper is actually being published as a delicious tongue-in-cheek satire on political correctness by some clever college students.
'No way,' I think, 'the editors can't really believe that . . .'The Times' precipitous drop in circulation (from 1.25 million readers a few years ago to less than 1 million today) began with its abandonment of the tough job of honest journalism..."
Wonderful news. Excellent analysis. This "precipitous drop" could not happen to a more DESERVING "newspaper."
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"Is there any chance that business will get SO bad that the L.A. Times will someday actually start printing JOURNALISM?"
Yes & no, IMO.
No; not under the current owner(s) & the managers (lapdogs) they've appointed to run the place.
Coincidentally, the same managers who're mercilessly running that business into the ground.
Yes; when telling the truth, the whole truth, & nothing but the truth once again becomes...*trendy*?
Well after all, it "is" LA we're talking about here, eh? :^)
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