[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

If I had the capital, I'd start up new newspapers in key cities all across the country like Los Angeles and stock them with an editorial board that would have a conservative slant. The Chicago Tribune always used to be that way until they got bought out. Now they're just like any other lefty paper.

[P8riot]

If I had the capital, I'd start up new newspapers in key cities all across the country like Los Angeles and stock them with an editorial board that would have a conservative slant. The Chicago Tribune always used to be that way until they got bought out. Now they're just like any other lefty paper.

I think that you would have a lot of takers right here at FR that would be willing to contribute to such a venture.

[BlackRazor]

If I had the capital, I'd start up new newspapers in key cities all across the country like Los Angeles, and stock them with an editorial board that would have a conservative slant.

Don't forget about the newsroom, though! At most papers, the editorial board and news room are completely segregated and have no influence upon one another. You could conceivably have a very conservative editorial board, but a bunch of liberally-slanted reporters. In fact, this is the exact situation that exists at the Wall Street Journal.

BTW, isn't this sort of thing happening in NYC, with the newly revived New York Sun? My understanding was that this was supposed to be a conservative competitor of the New York Times. Anyone know the status of this?

[pariah]

The Chicago Tribune always used to be that way until they got bought out. Now they're just like any other lefty paper.

I still miss Mike Royko.