Last Week, I Went To Philadelphia, But It Was Closed

Great moments in journalistic outsourcing, as spotted by Keven D. Williamson, who cautions “Caveat Emptor in Philadelphia:”

There’s high drama in the newsrooms of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News: The papers are up for sale, three groups of potential buyers are ready for the auction, California billionaire Ron Burkle joins the action at the request of Governor Rendell. Story by … the Associated Press? Seriously? You guys are running AP copy on your own sale? What exactly is Burkle thinking about buying? John Grogan‘s old desk? Trudy Rubin’s frequent-flier miles?

Or as Dan Riehl asks, “If a dead tree drops in the forest and there’s no one there to read it, does it make a sound?”

(H/T: SDA; headline via William Claude Dukenfield.)