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The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine critical of Trump, to shutter after 23 years
CNN ^ | Dec. 24, 2018 | Olivder Darcy

Posted on 12/14/2018 11:23:49 AM PST by libstripper

New York (CNN Business)The Weekly Standard, the magazine that espouses traditional conservatism and which has remained deeply critical of President Donald Trump, will shutter after 23 years, its owner Clarity Media Group announced Friday morning. The magazine will publish its final issue on December 17.

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Employees were told at an all staff meeting, which CNN obtained an audio recording of, that they would be paid through the end of the year, and that afterward they would receive severance which would range in scale depending on factors like seniority. To receive severance, however, employees would need to sign a strict non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreement.

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The closing of the magazine represents a broader shift in conservative media. Outlets on the right that are critical of Trump have lost influence or changed their tone, while media organizations on the right supportive of the President have flourished.

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To: libstripper

They just can’t start Wars Like they used to!

-seriously, good riddance to bad rubbish, this will save lives


61 posted on 12/14/2018 7:08:13 PM PST by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: libstripper

Seriously, let me repeat:

This Will Save Lives


62 posted on 12/14/2018 7:11:47 PM PST by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: CptnObvious

Lucifer.


63 posted on 12/14/2018 7:27:08 PM PST by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: VRWCarea51

I would rather drown in a cesspool of lethargic neocons.


64 posted on 12/14/2018 7:29:03 PM PST by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: Gahanna Bob

BYE BYE!


65 posted on 12/14/2018 7:31:01 PM PST by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The closing of the magazine represents a broader shift in conservative media. Outlets on the right that are critical of Trump have lost influence or changed their tone, while media organizations on the right supportive of the President have flourished.
No, it means that, with so much Trump-bashing in the fake news media, there was no need to pay for The Weekly SubStandard, which merely regurgitated the DNC talking points, as does CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, NPR, MSNBC...

66 posted on 12/14/2018 7:37:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: libstripper

Weekly Standard = Bill Kristol. This is no loss.


67 posted on 12/14/2018 8:46:54 PM PST by cpdiii (Cane Cutter, Deckhand,Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: libstripper

The writers and editors of magazine were under the impression this was a hobby... They ripped off the owners and drove the magazine into the ground.

If they really have principles - they should do the magazine on their own and LOSE THEIR OWN MONEY.


68 posted on 12/14/2018 9:04:08 PM PST by GOPJ (Term limit DC SWAMP bureaucrats - a permanent unelected ruling class is a threat to our freedom.)
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To: Gahanna Bob

Mclaughlin Group is alive again on a podcast with Eleanor and Pat Buchanan and moderated by Tom Rogan at McLaughlin.com


69 posted on 12/14/2018 10:20:42 PM PST by SFmom
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To: libstripper

These evil liars cheerled us into 15 years of needless bloodshed. But, our objection to them is that they don’t like Trump??????????


70 posted on 12/14/2018 11:38:01 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Stawp the hammering!)
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Bill Kristol was such an intolerable globalist idiot. Happy to hear they will no longer introduce him with those sterling credentials anymore.

Now they can just introduce him as the "diehard bitter Trump hater" that is his true calling in life.

71 posted on 12/15/2018 1:32:19 AM PST by Sa-teef
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To: libstripper

Billy Kristol - what an arrogant dumb ass.


72 posted on 12/15/2018 2:07:30 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: libstripper

Is this called Intolerable Winning?


73 posted on 12/15/2018 3:21:42 AM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: thingumbob
I think the Bush league Die-nasty was jealous of Ronnie Reagan's funeral, like they were jealous of his presidency, from the look of all the pompous circumstance.

I completely agree! They forget that people spontaneously lined the streets leading up to the Reagan Library. The crowd size was unexpected not orchestrated!

74 posted on 12/15/2018 6:11:03 AM PST by CAluvdubya (<---has now left CA for NV, where God/guns have not been outlawed! She's done and he's won!)
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To: libstripper

NOT going to be missed either, buh bye, kkthx.


75 posted on 12/15/2018 7:45:06 AM PST by cranked
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To: libstripper

To oppose Trump is both anti-American and economic suicide.


76 posted on 12/15/2018 8:26:46 AM PST by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
Bill Kristol and Stephen Hayes ran it off a cliff with their rabid rancid Trump hatred.

Yes they did. I'm smiling and giggling so much that my jaws hurt. lol
77 posted on 12/15/2018 8:59:53 AM PST by ssfromla (I am the Mouth)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

I’m good with disliking them for both.


78 posted on 12/15/2018 9:15:14 AM PST by rightc0ast
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To: libstripper

Another formerly-conservative media outlet proves that turning left is a trip to the big adios. It makes you wonder who’s propping up CNN and MSNBC, their ratings have been getting beat out by the Care Bears for 25 years.


79 posted on 12/15/2018 10:32:50 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Another formerly-conservative media outlet proves that turning left is a trip to the big adios.

This is why the neocons were able to do so much damage. They were NEVER conservative!!!!! Fred Barnes is OK, he's just a GOP cheerleader. But Kristol & the neocons are much closer to their Trotskyite roots than anything remotely conservative.

80 posted on 12/15/2018 2:18:33 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Stawp the hammering!)
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