rolling journalism into the shitbin thread

In a tense, 3-hour meeting with Baltimore Sun staff, new owner David Smith said he didn't read newspapers, asked staffers to rank each other, suggested they be more like Fox45. And more ... reports @LeeOSanderlin @codyboteler https://t.co/QrIWCe7ny2

— Kimi Yoshino (@kyoshino) January 17, 2024

Ah yes, what Maryland needs right now is more right-leaning paper-based media.

Ok please forgive my bitterness but in the year of our lord 1985 I had a journalism teacher who had never worked for a newspaper or, as far as I could tell, had never read a newspaper.

If this is how print journalism dies, let it be so. I will pull some deck chairs out to the shoreline and wistfully watch it burn.

I've known a few advisors who've never worked for a newspaper. but weren't conservative hacks.