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Local paper considering dropping USA Today natl insert
05/23/2017 | Vanity

Posted on 05/23/2017 7:53:15 AM PDT by rstrahan

A couple of years ago, our paper which serves two large counties, switched from doing its own national review of AP and other source stories and started using the USA Today national insert. People at that time objected because of the extreme left-wing slant of the USA Today staff, but the paper cited costs. Well, during the Presidential campaign, USA Today was in for Hillary with both feet. Then came all the 'fake news' and the chief editor of the paper is now asking the readers if we want to go back to the paper vetting the stories or keeping the insert. Just shows that 'fake news' by companies like WaPo, NYT, and USA Today can have financial impact on their bottom line.


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KEYWORDS: chat; media; mediabias; msm; newspapers; usatoday; vanity

1 posted on 05/23/2017 7:53:15 AM PDT by rstrahan
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To: rstrahan

Drop CPUSA Today

Yesterday.


2 posted on 05/23/2017 7:55:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: rstrahan

Bird owners hardest hit...................


3 posted on 05/23/2017 7:57:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: rstrahan

I’m surprised that your local paper is not owned by Gannett. They’ve been buying them up for ten cents on the dollar.


4 posted on 05/23/2017 8:08:49 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yes, they buy up every local paper they can then use any profits obtained to support their flagship USA Today. The only way they can get readers for USA Today is to give them away at hotels and motels. That is the only way I ever got one. Could never bring myself to actually buy a copy.


6 posted on 05/23/2017 8:21:42 AM PDT by Saltmeat
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To: Saltmeat

USA Today is something like Expedia.
You might not see it on your hotel bill but it’s there.


7 posted on 05/23/2017 8:27:38 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Saltmeat
The only way they can get readers for USA Today is to give them away at hotels and motels. That is the only way I ever got one. Could never bring myself to actually buy a copy.

If they "gave" you one at the hotel, you probably bought it.

Most places let you opt out, but you must decline the paper at check-in time, and you have to mention it specifically. They don't volunteer the information.

8 posted on 05/23/2017 8:27:42 AM PDT by thulldud
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To: rstrahan

If it’s a Gannett publication, not likely it will be dropped.


9 posted on 05/23/2017 8:35:33 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Saltmeat

Actually, those copies are paid for by the hotel. They aren’t free.


10 posted on 05/23/2017 8:40:22 AM PDT by Dave W
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To: rstrahan

What paper is it?


11 posted on 05/23/2017 8:41:18 AM PDT by Dave W
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To: onkelosII

They have been liars by omission for a very long time. They are just getting more brazen in the current age.


12 posted on 05/23/2017 3:12:58 PM PDT by SaraJohnson ( Whites must sue for racism. It's pay day.)
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To: Dave W

I never bought one and I never will.


13 posted on 05/24/2017 11:43:59 AM PDT by Saltmeat
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