Comments on: The LAT continues its swoom http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jedrury http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95478 jedrury Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:21:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95478 This is a very funny post. There are more reasons than the liberal bent of LAT. Speaking for myself, I am tired of the ink on my hands and ink on my brain from the MSM. I canceled the Washpo and catch up with the news online. I care not what Eugene Robinson writes, David Ignatius or EJ Dionne spouts off about. I subscribe to the WSJ because it tells me what I need to know and has the best editorial page in America despite its token one a week liberal, Tom Frank. This is a very funny post.

There are more reasons than the liberal bent of LAT. Speaking for myself, I am tired of the ink on my hands and ink on my brain from the MSM. I canceled the Washpo and catch up with the news online. I care not what Eugene Robinson writes, David Ignatius or EJ Dionne spouts off about. I subscribe to the WSJ because it tells me what I need to know and has the best editorial page in America despite its token one a week liberal,
Tom Frank.

]]> By: Roger L Simon http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95449 Roger L Simon Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:06:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95449 Actually, I had included that in the original post, Charlie. But took it out because I thought it too snotty. Whoever expects AP headline writers to know the difference between an adjective and an adverb anyway? Actually, I had included that in the original post, Charlie. But took it out because I thought it too snotty. Whoever expects AP headline writers to know the difference between an adjective and an adverb anyway?

]]> By: Charlie (Colorado) http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95448 Charlie (Colorado) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:03:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95448 In the mean time, could we mention the AP's moronic use of "15 percent less pages" instead of "15 percent <i>fewer</i> pages"? In the mean time, could we mention the AP’s moronic use of “15 percent less pages” instead of “15 percent fewer pages”?

]]> By: ray_g http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95434 ray_g Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:15:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95434 Up here in the Mojave desert we do get the LA Times, and I have noticed that recently it was quite a bit thinner. (I don't subscribe, I occasionally get it from machines.) Is there another LA paper? We used to get the Daily News, but I haven't seen that for a while, I assumed it went out of business. Roger, my question is, if the LAT dies, what, if anything, do you think will take it's place? Up here in the Mojave desert we do get the LA Times, and I have noticed that recently it was quite a bit thinner. (I don’t subscribe, I occasionally get it from machines.) Is there another LA paper? We used to get the Daily News, but I haven’t seen that for a while, I assumed it went out of business.

Roger, my question is, if the LAT dies, what, if anything, do you think will take it’s place?

]]> By: Steven Mitchell http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95428 Steven Mitchell Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:26:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95428 Well, it is possible that the LA Times editor is correct about the problem now. If you sustain years of drivel, it would not surprise me in the least if a large percentage of your remaining, declining reader base was having trouble digesting the more complex drivel. Well, it is possible that the LA Times editor is correct about the problem now. If you sustain years of drivel, it would not surprise me in the least if a large percentage of your remaining, declining reader base was having trouble digesting the more complex drivel.

]]> By: Lightnin' Hopkins http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95426 Lightnin' Hopkins Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:58:28 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95426 "...they don't have enough time to read the paper we give them every day...We're going to be more picky about the stories we choose to write long and a lot more picky about the ones we write shorter." Short: "BUSH IS AN IDIOT" Long: "BUSH IS AN IDIOT, CRITICS SAY" “…they don’t have enough time to read the paper we give them every day…We’re going to be more picky about the stories we choose to write long and a lot more picky about the ones we write shorter.”

Short: “BUSH IS AN IDIOT”

Long: “BUSH IS AN IDIOT, CRITICS SAY”

]]> By: srlucado http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95425 srlucado Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:56:44 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95425 Funny how the same liberals who love to use terms like "failed policies of past" when referring to conservative government are victims of their own "failed policies" when it comes to running businesses like newspapers. None so blind... Scott Funny how the same liberals who love to use terms like “failed policies of past” when referring to conservative government are victims of their own “failed policies” when it comes to running businesses like newspapers.

None so blind…

Scott

]]> By: Mike_K http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95424 Mike_K Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:28:53 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95424 When I called the LA Times to cancel a few years ago (after some egregious column I can't remember anymore), the person taking the call asked me why I was canceling. I told her and she laughed and said she was getting a lot of calls about that. They know why people cancel. When I called the LA Times to cancel a few years ago (after some egregious column I can’t remember anymore), the person taking the call asked me why I was canceling. I told her and she laughed and said she was getting a lot of calls about that. They know why people cancel.

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95423 David Thomson Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:59:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/02/the-lat-the-ap-and-less-v-few/#comment-95423 "It won’t happen." Too many so-called media professionals are similar to the proverbial frog that was unaware of being slowly boiled alive. These individuals trapped themselves in an echo chamber. Many years of their lives were wasted. They are now clueless. Those who have earned a modest pension will soon retire. Many others will have to find another way entirely to earn a living. “It won’t happen.”

Too many so-called media professionals are similar to the proverbial frog that was unaware of being slowly boiled alive. These individuals trapped themselves in an echo chamber. Many years of their lives were wasted. They are now clueless. Those who have earned a modest pension will soon retire. Many others will have to find another way entirely to earn a living.

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