tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041089218060371051.post7640646679652326983..comments2023-10-25T04:32:52.345-04:00Comments on Just Blowing Smoke...: The News?Timothy W Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041089218060371051.post-26502917230835512292008-01-06T11:27:00.000-05:002008-01-06T11:27:00.000-05:00As one who came along in the newspaper industry so...As one who came along in the newspaper industry soon after the creation of movable type (check with historymike for questions on this), I remember the day when newspapers automatically took an adversarial position to every local government in order to explore divergent opinions in the hope of seeking the truth. It appears that those days, like that of the dinosaurs, are over.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041089218060371051.post-55581226996247412182008-01-06T09:54:00.000-05:002008-01-06T09:54:00.000-05:00Tim,IMNHO, this is the Blade's feeble way of going...Tim,<BR/><BR/>IMNHO, this is the Blade's feeble way of going along in order to get along in order to perhaps stem the gushing flow of red ink that they (and, most other print media) are experiencing.<BR/><BR/>Anything to hang onto its feeble readership numbers...<BR/><BR/>That's also why the Block family has diversified into other business ventures such as the local cable franchise.<BR/><BR/>Can't blame them for keeping alive.<BR/><BR/>Can blame them for their former stranglehold on undue influence of Toledo politics. . .Hooda Thunkit (Dave Zawodny)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13176392380086227377noreply@blogger.com