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1. #1
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 am, ACHefty said:

   …large sums from other public-employee pension systems across the state, to help fund its acquisitions of companies.

   And they tell us with a straight face that unions don’t conduct mob-like intimidation.

2. #2
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 am, ACHefty said:

   Gee, Mr. Executive Bonus. That’s a nice company you just bought there. Too bad if something bad happened to it at the hands of your own employees…

3. #3
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 pm, sassy745 said:

   I get most of my news from internet. I find even Fox News can be anywhere from 1 to 2 days behind the internet. My choice of local newspaper is so liberal I don’t bother paying for it.

4. #4
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 12:14 pm, Hangfire said:

   Here in Honolulu we have two daily newspapers with two completely different editorial stances:

   Left and Hard Left

5. #5
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm, ErikTheRed said:

   The San Diego Union-Tribune has a center-right editorial board? As someone who’s been in San Diego for 20 years, that’s certainly news to me.

6. #6
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 12:29 pm, txvet2 said:

   On May 22nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm, ErikTheRed said:

   When you’re on the Alinsky fringe, even Karl Marx looks a little too conservative.

7. #7
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm, dan708 said:

   I’ve never seen the San Diego Union-Tribune, being an East-coaster, but I’m tempted to start subscribing to them!

8. #8
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm, Cicero said:

   Weber, in an interview, emphasized that the League is not demanding changes in the paper’s news coverage or in its staff of reporters. “It’s just these people on the opinion side. There is not even an attempt to be even-handed.”

   I think I get it. A newspaper like the L.A. Times is allowed to be infected with leftist propaganda even in its “straight reporting” (don’t even ask about its opinion pieces), but a paper like the Union Tribune isn’t allowed to have even a right-leaning policy on its editorial page.

   Yep, that’s fair.

9. #9
   On May 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm, tre said:

   Platinum relies on a $30-million investment from the pension fund of Los Angeles police officers and firefighters, along with large sums from other public-employee pension systems across the state, to help fund its acquisitions of companies.

   Now I know to whom I can sell my shares of Smith-Corona Typewriter Company stock.
   Can you get me their phone number?

10. #10
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm, Ditkaca said:

    I hope they don’t come after the OC Register next.

    I only read the Sunday Commentary section and sports but it regularly has Thomas Sowell, Mark Steyn and others of like mind.

    My other choice is the LA Times which was good when I was potty training my dogs but that is it (although I have to say it has a better sports section than the Register)

11. #11
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm, Bogtrotter said:

    Can someone explain to me how any group/firm, like Platinum Equity, could think a newspaper is a good investment? To me it would seem to be like putting my money into buggy whip futures.

12. #12
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm, 24Klady said:

    I don’t get my news from newspapers nor much from cable TV. Haven’t watched the alphabet channels in years. It’s amazing how many really important stories are only published on the internet. The opinions are the best and I gain great insight due to other’s imput.

13. #13
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 pm, txvet2 said:

    On May 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm, Bogtrotter said:

    It does seem that those union stooges are trying to bankrupt their pension funds even faster, doesn’t it? Maybe they’re hoping for a bailout.

14. #14
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm, Reg.conservative said:

    On May 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm, tre said:
    Smith-Corona Typewriter , That rung a bell, I worked there for 27 years.

15. #15
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 3:11 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    He who pays the piper calls the tune…

16. #16
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 3:20 pm, JusDreamin said:

    My wife subscribes to the weekend UT, mostly for the ads and coupons. Michelle, please let us know as soon as the paper lets the, ahem, wrong thinking opinion writers go. It will be nice to cancel the rag with a little note to the editor.

17. #17
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 3:27 pm, blues said:

    One of the reasons people don’t read the mostly liberal press,is because the liberal education system didn’t teach them how to read.

18. #18
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm, vatodio said:

    Individually, the police, fire fighters, teachers are probably fine people.

    As a group, they are almost always on the opposite side of issues I care about.

    Any time I hear any of these groups endorsing a ballot initiative in California, I vote blindly against their recommendation. So far I am right about my voting choices.

19. #19
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 4:12 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    Does anyone read newspapers today, apart from checking sports scores… ‘cuz that’s about the only thing they haven’t propagandized…

20. #20
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 4:30 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Free Speech?

    Apparently not in The Republic of San Diego.

    is that part of Mexico? I’m not sure….

21. #21
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 5:19 pm, corona said:

    2 words: Bernard Parks

22. #22
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 6:39 pm, graysonret said:

    Ever so slowly, yet making progress, the Left strives to control our lives and the information we receive. They want the death of liberty, with them in control, of course.

23. #23
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 6:48 pm, JusDreamin said:

    NJ-Aviator said:

    Actually NJ, SD county is one of the more conservative bastions in California, outside the rural areas at least. We are fortunate to have a very large Military population, thanks in large part to the Navy and Marines. Between the great weather and the dept of the Navy, it almost makes it worth living in California.
    I would guess the conservative lean is all the more reason that the union thugs are willing to invest the rank and files money in a losing paper. They hate it when they are out numbered.

24. #24
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm, frontierguy said:

    The UT has really only been right leaning when it comes to the military. I have not bought the paper in a long time, but I remember that there is not an illegal alien issue that the UT does not love to parade for. One of their op-ed authors is Ruben Nevarrate (sp?) one of the biggest racists I have ever read. I stopped buying the paper after an opinion piece I read that talked about how lucky San Diego was to have Tijuana next door because if there was ever a disaster, Tijuana would send up their emergency services to help us. No thanks, I’ll wait for help from Las Vegas or Phoenix. Right leaning? Depends on what section you are reading.

25. #25
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 9:17 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    How center right the San Diego Union Tribune is I can not say–but if they do let the Union Funds push them Left they too will fold.

    The once Great Arizona Republic started it’s leftward drift a number of years ago and has been on the decline since. They hire one leftist writer and editor after another to call us buffoons, hicks and other neat terms and wonder where the readers went.

    “Since the very public employees they continually criticize are now their owners, we strongly believe that those who currently run the editorial pages should be replaced,

    So much for the union leadership investing for the benefit of their memebers pensions and benefits. California’s Public Employees Pension funds are in horrible shape–but go ahead and use union funds to prop up the ego of the leadership.

    If I were a Los Angeles policemen or firefighter I might be just a tad ticked right now.

26. #26
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 pm, RetFireman said:

    If I am not mistaken, isn’t the SDUT a McClatchy paper? If so, it is owned by the same folks that own the Sacto. Bee, as well as, I believe, the Orange County Register. Yes, I could check myself…but I am being lazy.

27. #27
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 10:13 pm, vsatt said:

    Guess with a name like Union-Tribune, you can’t blame labor for thinking it should be their little mouthpiece.

28. #28
    On May 23rd, 2009 at 10:33 am, LOBOMAN said:

    Just like the government — You take their money, you sing their song!
    Bye, Bye “journalism”