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The Philadelphia Bulletin has folded
Vanity | Michael P. Tremoglie

Posted on 06/02/2009 12:04:23 PM PDT by William Tell 2

June 1 was the last edition. Another conservative news outlet bites the dust.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bulletin; conservatism; conservatives; journalism; newspapers; philadelphia; philadelphiabulletin
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1 posted on 06/02/2009 12:04:23 PM PDT by William Tell 2
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To: Kid Shelleen

For Philly ping list


2 posted on 06/02/2009 12:04:44 PM PDT by William Tell 2
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To: William Tell 2

Not good


3 posted on 06/02/2009 12:05:58 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: William Tell 2

Another Conservative? Well there are also lefty papers going down. Seems to be signs of the times.


4 posted on 06/02/2009 12:07:15 PM PDT by SolidWood (Palin: "We do not want to become slaves of Washington.")
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To: William Tell 2

I was wondering how long the little paper could last


5 posted on 06/02/2009 12:08:31 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now, NOW)
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To: SolidWood

Change in technology. That’s all. Same reason we don’t ride in horse-drawn buggies anymore. Things change.


6 posted on 06/02/2009 12:08:40 PM PDT by Jedidah ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana)
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To: SolidWood

Why pay for newspapers when you can browse for free on the Internet?

Sorry to see another paper go. Was it really conservative or was it more RINO? What’s the scoupe?


7 posted on 06/02/2009 12:09:39 PM PDT by sr4402
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To: William Tell 2

Are there any Conservatives in Philly to buy a paper?


8 posted on 06/02/2009 12:10:45 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: William Tell 2

So sorry to hear that.


9 posted on 06/02/2009 12:16:29 PM PDT by twigs
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To: Paladin2

No but there are a few (very few) in the suburbs.


10 posted on 06/02/2009 12:17:42 PM PDT by Barb4Bush (God help us all!)
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To: William Tell 2

Whew! I thought the Bulletin went under a long time ago. Too bad. I won’t say that when the Daily News and the Inquirer turn out the lights. Two leftist rags.

Unfortunately, the guy who writes the outdoor column will be out of work too. Hopefully he will find something outside the big cities. Pennsylvania, at least when I left there, was largely agricultural out side of the major cities. I traveled all over the state hunting and shooting grounhogs.

The legislature has smacked down several cities for implementing draconian gun control laws. News papers in those cities are not worth reading in my view. Of course I am biased on the subject.


11 posted on 06/02/2009 12:20:08 PM PDT by SkipW
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To: Jedidah

“...Same reason we don’t ride in horse-drawn buggies anymore...”

Speak for yourself.


12 posted on 06/02/2009 12:21:43 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: William Tell 2

Very sorry to hear this.


13 posted on 06/02/2009 12:23:20 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Monterrosa-24

;-)

Hated to give it up. Cost of oats.


14 posted on 06/02/2009 12:25:18 PM PDT by Jedidah ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana)
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To: Jedidah

Of course. Papers are simply becoming an obsolete deliver method.


15 posted on 06/02/2009 12:26:46 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: William Tell 2

Sorry to hear that. I was very good outlet for conservative thought.


16 posted on 06/02/2009 12:28:08 PM PDT by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: Monterrosa-24

LOL - your name is Monterrosa-24 Yoder, right?


17 posted on 06/02/2009 12:38:47 PM PDT by mom4melody
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To: William Tell 2

Failure to adapt and overcome ping.


18 posted on 06/02/2009 12:38:49 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Barb4Bush

One side of my family comes from the Western PA, Whiskey Rebellion side of Federalism understanding.


19 posted on 06/02/2009 12:40:19 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Ol' Sparky

I thought something was wrong when I went to the website this morning and it still had yesterdays news on it. I’ll miss the Bulletin, especially Herb Denenbergs columns. He went after Obama almost on a daily basis. It’s too bad none of the conservative TV or radio shows ever had him on as a guest..

Frankly, I don’t know how the Bulletin survived as long as it did. There is no advertising to speak of, either in the print version or the web version , it only cost a quarter, but you had to be in center city or northeast Philly to buy a copy. No newsstands in So Philly carrried it, nor was it available in South Jersey. Home delivery was available but I believe that it was by US mail , which meant you would have to be pretty lucky to get a paper the same day it was printed.

RIP


20 posted on 06/02/2009 12:43:58 PM PDT by curth (Sarah Palin 2012 - Saving America)
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