A Gannett rag. Good news!
1 posted on
03/15/2009 5:55:27 PM PDT by
abb
To: 04-Bravo; aimhigh; andyandval; Arizona Carolyn; backhoe; Bahbah; bert; bilhosty; Birch T. Barlow; ..
2 posted on
03/15/2009 5:55:58 PM PDT by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: abb
"A day when blood flowed as water, and human life was held as a shuttlecock ...With writing like that, no wonder they're belly-up. A shuttlecock?
3 posted on
03/15/2009 5:58:17 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
("There are more enjoyable ways of going to Hell." ~ St. Bernard)
To: abb
When my family moved to Tucson in 1969, the Citizen was the Republican paper and the Star (the Red Star) was the liberal rag. The Citizen was always a bit weaker in national news coverage, but did a better job on local news and features than the Star.
In the mid to late 1980s, the Citizen began to dramatically shift 'centerwards', which is to say compete with the Red Star for the lefty audience. Eventually, by 1990 or so there was no way to tell the difference between the editorial stance of the two papers, and since the Star had been doing the liberal thing longer and better, people stopped buying the Citizen.
The online commentary on the Citizen site has been filled with comments like mine, and of course they arrogantly poo-poo it all. Ah well, come next Sunday, I will be employed still, and they will not.
4 posted on
03/15/2009 6:01:38 PM PDT by
AzSteven
("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
To: abb
I lived in Tucson in the '60's and 70's, the Citizen was always second fiddle to the Star during that era at least. Sounds like it never got better. It was always the leftier of the two also. No great loss.
To: abb
The Citizen has been dead since the TNI “two newspapers one office move”. All the best writers were always on the Star because morning papers are more prestigious, the Star had the better comics page, really the only reason there was to buy the Citizen is if you were looking for the movie schedule and the Star was sold out.
6 posted on
03/15/2009 6:02:16 PM PDT by
razorboy
To: abb
A not-so-fond farewell to the lame-stream media.
7 posted on
03/15/2009 6:03:52 PM PDT by
wastedyears
(April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
To: abb
Nelson Muntz saya, “ Ha, ha...”
8 posted on
03/15/2009 6:05:15 PM PDT by
waterhill
(An armed man has the means for independence.....)
To: abb
Another Dem paper bites the dust (in AZ, that’s literal).
10 posted on
03/15/2009 6:22:18 PM PDT by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: SandRat
14 posted on
03/15/2009 7:44:51 PM PDT by
HiJinx
(~ Support Our Troops ~ www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil ~)
To: abb
Well darn! I didn’t have them on my Newspaper Dead Pool list!
15 posted on
03/15/2009 8:36:37 PM PDT by
OrangeHoof
(YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
To: abb
Editor Jennifer Boice said the Citizen's closure is a loss for the Star, the community and journalism.The employees who are talented will find work if they are talented and willing to be objective. I imagine Rupert Murdoch's print and tv divisions would most likely salivate at a chance to get true journalists not corrupted by socialist agenda who are pushing things like "social and economic justice,whatever the hell that means.
16 posted on
03/15/2009 9:54:51 PM PDT by
Birch T. Barlow
(Go Mariners! Certain 2009 AL West champions!)
To: abb
I used to deliver that paper as a boy growing up in Tucson!! That and the Star too. It paid for my first car, so although both papers turned into leftist rags (like most dailies), I have some mixed feelings at its demise...
17 posted on
03/15/2009 11:17:14 PM PDT by
aquila48
To: abb
"human life was held as a shuttlecock ..." 
21 posted on
03/16/2009 8:32:13 AM PDT by
Grampa Dave
(Does Zer0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foriegn/domestic terrorists, or tax evaders?)
To: abb
The Citizen was still in print? Who knew?
22 posted on
03/16/2009 8:36:04 AM PDT by
TenthAmendmentChampion
(Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)
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