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2005-11-16 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not sure who Sheer is, will someone provide a link to one or two of his articles? Still I find it interesting that now National Review's Jonah Goldburg will appear in the LA Times.

The LA Times has been hemoraging readers for years, it seems they are trying to shore up the leaks.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2005-11-16 00:22|| 2005-11-16 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah! Robert Scheer was among the WORST fuckwit Kool Aid swilling Moonbats out there.

Who & What he was - *sniff* past tense. I hope he can't find a job & ends up eating Drano, but you know the Moron Circuit will pay him to spew - he earned their devotion by doing it for years. Asshole. Good riddance.

For a good laugh, check out Sharkansky's parody called:
Robert Scheer's Canard-o-Matic

You really have to work hard as a lying sack of Socialist Shit to generate such "love", y'know?

Posted by .com 2005-11-16 00:49|| 2005-11-16 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like they are having budget problems to me.

The nation's top conservative cartoonist lost his job today as the Los Angeles Times announced that it was laying off Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, Michael Ramirez. The Times also laid off liberal columnist Robert Scheer.

Ramirez is likely the most widely syndicated cartoonist who is sold individually and not in a package service. He's known for brilliant drawings and a consistently strong conservative point of view that was a stark contrast to the liberal editorial pages at the LA Times. The Times quotes Ramirez,

"I can't help but think it's also a philosophical parting of ways." He said he also believed his removal was partly due to budgetary concerns, as well as a desire to change the look of the editorial pages."

It is expected that the Times will not hire a replacement for Ramirez. The Chicago Tribune, which owns the Times, has not hired a staff editorial cartoonist in recent years since the death of their Pulitzer Prize winner, Jeff MacNelly.

The Los Angeles Times also recently cancelled their subscriptions to syndicated editorial cartoons, keeping subscriptions to only three liberal cartoonists Ted Rall, Jeff Danziger and Tom Toles. They are expected to commission occasional cartoon illustrations and have been purchasing exclusive freelance cartoons from a variety of freelancers, including Mr. Fish (Dwayne Booth).

This is the latest in a series of shakeups at the Times, including the recent layoff of my former editor, Michael Kinsley. The Times has a rich tradition of editorial cartoonists that comes to an end with Ramirez, their former cartoonist, three time Pulitzer Prize winner, Paul Conrad, took early retirement from the Times and continues to draw in syndication.

Posted by 2b 2005-11-16 01:23|| 2005-11-16 01:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Woodward Was Told of Plame More Than Two Years Ago

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501857_pf.html

(Woodward is going to have a lot of haters after driving another stake through the heart of the MSM.)

Posted by danking70 2005-11-16 01:28|| 2005-11-16 01:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Radio killed TV. The internet killed the Newspaper. The LA Times is hurting for money. Their subscriptions are way down and advertising income is way down.

I am happy as a clam. May they all rot in hell.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-11-16 02:05|| 2005-11-16 02:05|| Front Page Top

#6 good catch danking70.... possible fizzle fo' shizzle.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-11-16 03:19|| 2005-11-16 03:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Shneer is a scum sucking bow-wow

Posted by Captain America 2005-11-16 03:29|| 2005-11-16 03:29|| Front Page Top

#8 span class=moonbat
"More crushing of dissent in ~~Ashcroft's~~ AmeriKKKa. How much did Rove pay the LAT to silence Scheer?"
/span

Posted by Mike 2005-11-16 06:55|| 2005-11-16 06:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Seems to be a lot of reporters hanging around that cannot remember who what when where and why.

Posted by john">john 2005-11-16 07:05|| 2005-11-16 07:05|| Front Page Top

#10 There are only so many positions at the Socialist Workers Daily. Better get those resumes wordprocessed...oh wait they're the workers of the world...typed and delivered before the inbox reaches dump weight.

Posted by Theregum Phemp7167 2005-11-16 08:27|| 2005-11-16 08:27|| Front Page Top

#11 If they simplly told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth I think they would sell newspapers. As it is you have to take big chunk of salt with your morning LA Times.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-11-16 09:53|| 2005-11-16 09:53|| Front Page Top

#12 The guy is too liberal for the times. That is a stretch. Mmnnnn. This story almost moves the interest dial indicator--but not quite since it involves the LA (stands for liberal asswipe) times.

Posted by Gletch Whomong5036 2005-11-16 12:33|| 2005-11-16 12:33|| Front Page Top

#13 We're not rid of him yet. Ssn Fran Chronicle is gonna pick him up.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2005-11-16 13:36|| 2005-11-16 13:36|| Front Page Top

#14 Ditto to .com's analysis. Couldn't have said it better myself. The only problem is that in the sewers of the msm these kinds of rats usually end up getting some kind of career advancement. This guy will either (1) write a book of lies, or (2) advance to a more senior position at another piece of trash newspaper. (Or both).

Posted by Intrinsicpilot 2005-11-16 13:55|| 2005-11-16 13:55|| Front Page Top

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