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1. #1
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:46 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

   Well, considering the MSM didn’t report on all the fraudulent activities going on before the election involving ACORN, why start now?

   They’re in the tank for Obama, what do you expect?

2. #2
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:49 pm, symrian said:

   I once wondered if newspapers would choose self-destruction or change if they were forced into a choice. I suppose the San Fransisco Chronicle has answered that question for me.

   No, I won’t rue the day you died, propogandists. In fact, I’m looking forward to watching more than a few of you fold.

3. #3
   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:54 pm, txvet2 said:

   On February 26th, 2009 at 5:46 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

   Well, considering the MSM didn’t report on all the fraudulent activities going on before the election involving ACORN, why start now?

   They’re in the tank for Obama, what do you expect?

   Which is why they’re in the toilet, where they deserve to be. San Antonio used to have two newspapers – one thriving conservative paper owned by Murdoch, and one Hearst paper that was in about the same condition as the Examiner. Hearst solved his problem by buying Murdoch’s paper, closing his old paper, and then moving his staff from the liberal to the conservative paper. News this week indicates that the paper is in the process of laying off about 150 staff, and they just raised rates about 25% trying to stay afloat. As far as I’m concerned, everything but the Washington Times can sink.

4. #4
   On February 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pm, mchristian said:

   All the news that fits the narrative.

5. #5
   On February 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

   I once wondered if newspapers would choose self-destruction or change if they were forced into a choice.

   During Rather-gate I hoped CBS would take the opportunity for self-assessment and hire a bunch of conservatives to review every news item to eliminate liberal bias and become truly objective.

   Then I woke up.

6. #6
   On February 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pm, twofoot said:

   Dinosaurs are extinct and I don’t miss them a single bit. Same with “news”papers.

7. #7
   On February 26th, 2009 at 6:05 pm, Jeddite said:

   I grow weary of seeing that frightful androgynous beast of a jpeg.

8. #8
   On February 26th, 2009 at 6:05 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

   MSM = Marxist Socialist Media

   Communist Media fails in a free market.

   They can only succeed by getting a fascist government to “redistribute the wealth” from successful conservative media.
   (Tthink Fairness Doctrine, etc.)

9. #9
   On February 26th, 2009 at 6:06 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

   On February 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pm, mchristian said:

   All the news that fits the narrative.

   Exactly. The narrative of the Democratic Socialist Communist Party USA.

10. #10
    On February 26th, 2009 at 6:14 pm, vickisoup said:

    The SF Chronicle is looking to make “significant cuts”. I was going to suggest they get rid of Mark Morford, but then I realized: he’s insignificant.
    

11. #11
    On February 26th, 2009 at 6:41 pm, d1carter said:

    Sorry, Michelle, but these guys still don’t get it. They think that they are indispensable, but they are insignificant! If the capitalistic system is working anywhere, it is working in the newspaper business.

12. #12
    On February 26th, 2009 at 6:49 pm, walterc said:

    d1carter said:

    Sorry, Michelle, but these guys still don’t get it. They think that they are indispensable, but they are insignificant! If the capitalistic system is working anywhere, it is working in the newspaper business.

    Until the gov’t bails them out. Then it will be like capitalism working in the auto industry and the banking industry. And I suspect that all three industries will soon be owned/operated by bureaucrats with all the efficiency of Social Security & Medicare.

13. #13
    On February 26th, 2009 at 7:15 pm, bradley said:

    Idiotic observance of the day: San Fran Chronicle columnist Deborah somebody actually stated that conservatives would MISS papers like the NY Times, San Fran Chronicle and LA Times, etc, when they’re gone, because THEY REPORT REAL NEWS. And she said “when it was in the NY Times you knew it was news”. Or something like that. She actually said that. I hope she finds an apron and hat to fit her in her new job as fry cook at McDonald’s.

14. #14
    On February 26th, 2009 at 8:17 pm, Jaded said:

    Well the death of the MSM will indeed be 2009 and they are wrong if they think WE the People will be sad when they are gone….I will tell you I for one will be thrilled. Michelle Malkin does more investigative reporting in 1 day than they do in a year!

15. #15
    On February 26th, 2009 at 8:25 pm, HeatherRadish said:

    And she said “when it was in the NY Times you knew it was news”.

    When it’s in the NY Times, you need three independent corroborating witnesses.

16. #16
    On February 26th, 2009 at 9:05 pm, richardbo said:

    Where is the MSM? They are all busy preparing for bankruptcy and unemployment.

17. #17
    On February 26th, 2009 at 9:22 pm, zorro said:

    But, you know, only credentialed professionals at respectable newspapers know how to investigate.

    You have shamed them all Michelle. You do not need their stinking “credentials”. They mean nothing. Report the TRUTH, good, bad or ugly, and you will be (and are) regarded as a first tier news person.

    And in my opinion, one who has followed your work since the very beginning, you are the best.

18. #18
    On February 26th, 2009 at 9:28 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    Until the gov’t bails them out.

    Bingo!

    walterc, you get the gold star. When The B.O. bails out the liberal news-papers, they will be even more beholden to him. Not like they will complain about it. Until some reporter does a minor expose’ on some low-level Obama appointee that did something questionable. Then the fit will hit the shan and that reporter will be fired. That’s when they’ll get it. Because while most newspaper reporters may be dumb, they’re not stupid.

19. #19
    On February 27th, 2009 at 12:30 am, emjem24 said:

    I won’t really miss the newspaper biz all that much. A lot of these reporters (not all) seemed all to willing to selectively report the news and leave out all the relevant context and details. I especially won’t miss the New York Times which was more in love with itself and liberalism than in reporting the news.

20. #20
    On February 27th, 2009 at 5:15 am, graysonret said:

    The MSM has been a left-wing propaganda machine for decades. They take seriously the line, “If you tell a lie long enough, it will become the truth”.

21. #21
    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:00 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    With the impending closure of the Rocky Mountain News and the likely folding of the San Francisco Chronicle, several MSM types are lecturing conservatives that they will rue the death of newspaper journalism as we know it.

    BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHAAAAAAAA

    Funniest thing I have read in some time. Journalism as we knew it died 2 decades ago and was replaced with puff pieces and slanted stories leaning left.

    Mayor to resign over Obama email

    How many Mayors would have to resign over Bush comments?

    Report that if you will.

    Buh-bye – idiots.

22. #22
    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:37 am, WarTip said:

    On February 26th, 2009 at 5:54 pm, txvet2 said: Which is why they’re in the toilet, where they deserve to be.

    Not in mine please, the ink has a tendency to smear. I still prefer the Sears Catalog in my outhouse … but you have to be careful with the paper edges. Those paper cuts can be a pain in the … well … in the outhouse.

23. #23
    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:40 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    That’s great new about the SF Chronicle. Glad to hear the free market is still working.

    With any luck, the NY Times will follow with a big flushing sound. They have this brand new building that’s probably costing them a bundle. It’s actually remarkable that in a liberal cesspool like New York City, the NY Times can’t succeed. As I cringe over the actions of the Obama Thug Thizzle Administration, I at least find solace in tid bits like this.

24. #24
    On February 27th, 2009 at 9:28 am, StanW said:

    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:37 am, WarTip said:
    Not in mine please, the ink has a tendency to smear. I still prefer the Sears Catalog in my outhouse … but you have to be careful with the paper edges. Those paper cuts can be a pain in the … well … in the outhouse.

    I found that the Sears catalog does not do ‘the job’ so well anymore as it used to. But I have found a better publication for that particular task.

    I used torn-out pages of the Koran!

25. #25
    On February 27th, 2009 at 9:42 am, UrbanSpaceman said:

    I hope the Chicago Tribune does not fold–their Sunday paper has the comics I like to read.

    But in case it does fold, does anybody have a good link for what is important–the comics? Thank you.

26. #26
    On February 27th, 2009 at 9:43 am, cabrerski said:

    At least the Sears catalog did not smell before you used it…

27. #27
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:09 am, ErinF said:

    Similarly, where is “Code Stink” since obama took office? I hear tell that Gitmo “torture” has intensified, that more civilians are dying in Afghanistan, and that he plans troop surges.

    Where, oh where, is the outrage now?

28. #28
    On February 27th, 2009 at 2:23 pm, Weary Citizen said:

    On February 26th, 2009 at 7:15 pm, bradley said:

    That’s because libs truly believe these papers represent unbiased journalism. Kind of like when they called bush a “far right wing conservative”, har. Anyone, right of bush (which includes 99% of anyone on this board) is a KKK member to them.

    The paper here in Austin never met an illegal it couldn’t write a sob story for. And of course when they do a piece on a crime committed by an illegal, and you know they are illegal (trust me, you can ferret out illegals 90% of the time with limited knowledge), they never mention the immigration status. That disclosure is reserved for sob, poor immigrant, stories.

    I would love to receive a conservative, or at least truly balanced paper, each day. I like reading the newspaper in the AM. But I refuse to give these liberal rags 1 dime of revenue. And I tell every salesperson I speak with why I will not purchase their paper. I even gave up the WSJ becasue of their illegla alien supporting b*tts. That was a tough one.