Houston Chronicle to cut at least 10% of work force (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Poynter Online ^ | February 13, 2009 | Banjo Jones

[Jedidah]

It amazes me that, on a forum supposedly dedicated to conservative constitutional principles, people would celebrate hardship in one of the founding principles: a free press.

You are mistaken in thinking that newspapers are in financial trouble because they print things we don’t agree with.

They’re in trouble for the same reason the saddlery business was in trouble in 1910: technology. The horseless carriage lessened the need for saddles. The internet has changed the way we get news.

Especially today, with a socialist in the White House, we need a financially healthy print media to watch and criticize, just as we have seen done in all prior administrations.

A thriving press is in our best interest. We will NOT be better off without print media.

Think about it.

[abb]

Your post is some sort of satire...

Isn’t it??

[RayChuang88]

Here's the problem: the press has become in many ways a mouthpiece for the Democratic National Committee. Is is small wonder why newspaper readership has fallen off the cliff, especially with the public Internet providing a better alternative?

[Redbob]

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch!