Fear and loathing at the Atlanta Journal Constitution (Drinking and Crying about Job Cuts)

Creative Loafing Atlanta ^ | 4/15/07 | Scott Freeman

[MaxMax]

When they catch their breath it’ll be Bush’ fault.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Did they really need a total of 9 reporters to cover Entertainment and the Arts? (2 pop music, 1 classical music, 3 movie, 1 radio, 1 TV, 1 visual arts)

It’s time these folks went out and worked for a living. We can share opinions about these topics on the Internet, for free!

[Wings-n-Wind]

The turmoil will continue for at least six more weeks. The job re-application process isn’t over until June 1.

They still have time to flush l'il Luckovich...
The objective/unbiased immature crayon scribbler...
Who is ADMITTEDLY the direct cause of many a cancelled home subscription...

Hey Mikey... don't the the screen door hit you in the ka-toosh on the way out...

And good riddance to the rest....

You abandoned your journalistic principles and the major mass of your subscribed audience to hold to liberal bias... extraordinary political partisanship, immaturity, race-baiting, Christian-bashing, and a non-stop overt promotion of the socialist/secular nanny-state...

Go tell your trubs to the Dim-Dhimmi-Dems...
Maybe they will find a handout...

I doubt they will care....

I certainly do not...

[Congressman Billybob]

As long as Cynthia Tucker's name isn't on the pack-your-bags list, the Journal-Constitution isn't serious about ending its downward slide into the newspaper dumper.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article: "Junk Justice Produces Junk Law"

[abb]

Pinging the Dinosaur Media DeathWatch list with Sunday Good News!!

[george76]

smart...

” Eleanor Ringel Gillespie took the buyout...”

[SeafoodGumbo]

Damn that’s some good schadenfreude.

[potlatch]

Isn't there a song called, "I've got tears in my beer", or perhaps it was "I've got tears in my ears...." LOL.

[papasmurf]

"To bad they can’t get rid of Cynthia Tucker, who I am sure is a major reason their paper is on the rocks..."

I've been saying that for years!

If they would have fired her stanky buttocks, their circ. would have doubled.

LOL, we could have saved their paper if they would've listened to us.

:O)

P Run, FRED, run!

[Trailerpark Badass]

However, the paper will no longer have a NASCAR reporter or a golf writer.

Screw whitey!

[bert]

What great way to end my day.....

[kcvl]

Are they keeping that luntic Cynthia Tucker (editor of the opinion section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)?

[kcvl]

In her capacity as editorial page editor, Tucker is responsible for guiding the development of the Journal-Constitution's opinion policies on everything from foreign policy issues to local school board races.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Not holding my breath to think that journalism classes in the future will look back on this time and teach that the MSM’s wounds were self inflicted due to their love of reporting with a leftist slant.

[RJL]

In her capacity as editorial page editor, Tucker is responsible for guiding the development of the Journal-Constitution's opinion policies on everything from foreign policy issues to local school board races.

So how much does she get paid to call the Democrat National Committee and ask them what to print?

[McGavin999]

Well, shoot, all they had to do was be fair and balanced in their reporting and they wouldn't have pissed off half their readers to the point where they don't want to read the paper anymore.

When I go grocery shopping there is always someone from the Arizona Republic who asks me if I would be interested in taking the paper. I just laugh and then they say "yes, I know"

[OldPossum]

Not trying to be a smart aleck, but since you know what a piece of crap that newspaper is, why buy even one copy? I know what The Washington Post is and when working in that fair city in the 1970’s I quit buying it even when there was no other Washington paper to buy.

[Ieatfrijoles]

It’s really awful in the newsroom this weekIt’s really awful in the newsroom this weekIt’s really awful in the newsroom this weekIt’s really awful in the newsroom this weekIt’s really awful in the newsroom this weekIt’s really awful in the newsroom this weekIt’s really awful in the newsroom this week

[ustanker]

She would look better with a Mustache.

[Milhous]

Thanks for the post and ping.

an exodus of key staff

Fellow travelers at Romenesko also fret about an exodus of LA Times key staff. Seems like wishful thinking that presumes a fishwrapper exists who actually seeks new employees.