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2009-03-31 Economy

Another one bites the dust - Sun-Times Group Files for Bankruptcy

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-31 16:32|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Odd thing, their suburban papers are profitable because they have reporters who honestly cover stories.

The 'Flagship' the Sun-Times, as been the 'house organ' for the Daley Democrats for years and Obama recently.
Their 'columnists' are left winger nut jobs, the editorial board can never find a Democrat or 'progressive' issue they do not like,
75% of their 'news' coverage consists of AP stories and the Obits page is so small it is obvious that even the dead do not want to be involved with that paper.

Of course they are blaming Conrad Black for their tax evasion, alienating their customers, chasing away their advertisers, etc.

Once it was a pretty good newspaper...

Posted by Flise Ghibelline7460 2009-03-31 17:03|| 2009-03-31 17:03|| Front Page Top

#2 It was an excellent newspaper, with first-class investigative reporters, until Rupert "The Alien" Murdoch bought it and gutted it. When Murdoch bought the paper, Ann Landers, Mike Royko, and almost all the other columnists jumped ship to the Tribune. The reading level of the articles in the Sun Times dropped to 5th Grade or lower.

I don't know what happened to Pam Zekman and Zay N. Smith, whose investigations included exposing sloppy patient care in abortion clinics (has anybody dared to touch that topic since 1980?) and the famous "Mirage" Bar sting operation. The Mirage was a Near-North bar opened undercover by the Sun Times. The staff photographed crooked city inspectors demanding bribes, and documented months and months of graft, protection rackets and other Machine activities.

Posted by mom">mom 2009-03-31 17:28|| 2009-03-31 17:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Good memories, Mom, good memories. The Mirage Bar, had almost forgotten that one. And Royko was one of the very best columnists of all time.

When newspapers report news they tend to do well. Beats me how such smart people as journalists forgot that.

Posted by Steve White 2009-03-31 19:03|| 2009-03-31 19:03|| Front Page Top

#4 perhaps because post-woodward/bernstein, tey started to recruit ~~community organizers~~ activists who wanted to "make a change"? If they'd stuck to their job, they might still have an industry. Instead, they recruited every Social Studies wanna-be that couldn't do math

Posted by Frank G 2009-03-31 19:16|| 2009-03-31 19:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Fuzzily recall back to school daze. Journo majors were right up there in the smarts department with education majors, but a whole lot more obnoxious.

Posted by ed 2009-03-31 19:17|| 2009-03-31 19:17|| Front Page Top

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