Comments on: Who will hold officials accountable when newspapers are gone? http://www.word-detective.com/2009/03/who-will-hold-officials-accountable-when-newspapers-are-gone/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wordnut http://www.word-detective.com/2009/03/who-will-hold-officials-accountable-when-newspapers-are-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Wordnut Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:29:22 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=1748#comment-1358 I think there is a lot of truth in it. My hope is that once the Hearsts, Scripps, and Murdochs give up papers because they are deemed faulty cogs in their big financial wheels, papers may once again be locally owned, focused on shareholders in the community and not merely shareholders in the corporation. I think there is a lot of truth in it. My hope is that once the Hearsts, Scripps, and Murdochs give up papers because they are deemed faulty cogs in their big financial wheels, papers may once again be locally owned, focused on shareholders in the community and not merely shareholders in the corporation.

]]> By: tudza http://www.word-detective.com/2009/03/who-will-hold-officials-accountable-when-newspapers-are-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 tudza Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:00:26 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=1748#comment-1348 Indeed, he admits that they were slow to adapt their product to the current market and then complains that there is no market for his product. Screaming that we ought to be interested is not a solution. I wonder if the 99% of Americans that don't miss buggy whips are wrong too? Indeed, he admits that they were slow to adapt their product to the current market and then complains that there is no market for his product. Screaming that we ought to be interested is not a solution.

I wonder if the 99% of Americans that don’t miss buggy whips are wrong too?

]]> By: vanderleun http://www.word-detective.com/2009/03/who-will-hold-officials-accountable-when-newspapers-are-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 vanderleun Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:59:51 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=1748#comment-1346 Oh. bring out the crying towel! If Pitts and his ilk had paid more attention to news and less to opinions they might have garnered enough subscribers to survive instead of ticking off half their potential readers for decades. Oh. bring out the crying towel!

If Pitts and his ilk had paid more attention to news and less to opinions they might have garnered enough subscribers to survive instead of ticking off half their potential readers for decades.

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