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  • September 2008

    • Papers Frothing Over 'No' Vote

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 30, 08 10:33 AM CDT

      Papers Frothing Over 'No' Vote

      (Newser) - As Monday’s “no” vote resounded down Wall Street, editorial writers across the country fired up their typewriters. Here’s what the country’s top papers are saying:  Congress earned its 10% approval rating yesterday, the Wall Street Journal says, particularly Nancy Pelosi —“Tom Delay without the charm” —and the House Republicans she so tragically offended. “This crowd can't even make sausage.” The New York Times lambastes Republicans for submitting a “no” vote “rooted less in analysis or principle than in political posturing and ideological rigidity.” More »

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      Financial Crisis  • Congress  • bailout  • Henry Paulson  • newspaper editorials

  • June 2008

    • News Writers Should Strive to Write as Much as Possible, Says Tribune Co.

      Washington Post  |  Jun 10, 08 3:47 PM CDT

      News Writers Should Strive to Write as Much as Possible, Says Tribune Co.

      (Newser) - The Tribune Co., which as you have probably guessed is the company that produces the Chicago Tribune, among other newspapers, is bringing a revolution, or a big change, to the news business. Tribune Co.’s Chief Operating Officer, Randy Michaels, has decided to start measuring productivity by word count, and Michael Kinsley of the Washington Post and the LA Times , which is a Tribune paper, thinks it’s a fabulous, superb, nifty, keen, downright great, and perhaps even visionary idea. More »

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      newspaper  • journalism  • Tribune Company  • print journalism  • productivity  • words  • newspaper editorials

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Scribe to Papers: Stop Endorsing

      Attytood  |  Jan 31, 08 8:19 AM CST

      Scribe to Papers: Stop Endorsing

      (Newser) - Newspapers should stop endorsing candidates, Philadelphia Daily News blogger Will Bunch writes, because the practice makes editorial pages look disingenuous. Most papers have been stepping up with one nod to a Democrat and another to a Republican, he notes; what could be more ridiculous than supporting Barack Obama and John McCain—whose policies are diametrically opposed—in the same breath? More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • media  • endorsement  • newspaper  • newspaper editorials

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