Comments on: Another LA Times Editor Fired

By: Gaius

Gaius — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:44:02 +0000

Heh. No need for the sackcloth and ashes. I remembered it when you posted the comment.

By: NortonPete

NortonPete — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:24:09 +0000

Sorry if I recalled it incorrectly it was straight from memory.
You see there was BBCB (Before Blue Crab Boulevard ) and ABCB.
So I need to start reading the archives if I’m ever going to be considered a scholar here. I’ll go out tomorrow and get some Monk’s cloth in the meantime.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:07:43 +0000

I posted about that, NortonPete.

By: NortonPete

NortonPete — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:54:23 +0000

I read last year that a Sacramento paper had outsourced all local reporting to India. Here is how it worked, the paper contracted for 3 500 word articles a week from an outfit in India. The paper sent pictures of the area and would send things like the minutes of a town meeting or a police report. The “reporters” in India, who had never been to the US, would write a story as if they had actually been there and interviewed people. I kid you not. I guess that is a little better than asking reporters to just plain make stuff up.

By: jpg

jpg — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:27:35 +0000

Stench of the imagination, actually. jpg

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:05:09 +0000

While I cannot help but feel a certain amount of schadenfreude at the struggles of newspapers in today’s market, I admire Mr. O’Shea’s commitment to his employees. The president of our company also acts as a bulwark from the bean counters at corporate headquarters. Of course, we’re making a profit.

By: feeblemind

feeblemind — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:38:34 +0000

Boo hoo! I am looking for my black armband. Heh heh.