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2006-12-27 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by .com 2006-12-27 05:54|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Strib is wretched, but I'm not sure it's worse than the NYT. The Strib has James Lileks, and is smart enough to let him write what he wants to write without interference. The NYT has . . . nobody a tenth as good. Maureen Dowd? Frank Rich? Bob Herbert? Ellen Goodman? The whole lot of 'em, put together, aren't writers enough to be worthy to change Lileks' toner cartridges.

Oh, and that bit about the management team? That's the press release way of saying "we haven't negotiated their severance packages yet."

Posted by Mike 2006-12-27 07:17|| 2006-12-27 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 The Tallahassee Democrat when it was Knight-Ridder owned served as the minor leagues for the MST.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-27 08:04|| 2006-12-27 08:04|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Strib had brains, they'd be trying to syndicate Lileks and encouraging him to write for the editorial pages.

They don't; that should tell you how smart they are.

Oh, and they keep trying to take on and discredit the Powerline guys. Again, not the smartest thing in the world.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-12-27 09:41|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-12-27 09:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Lileks is syndicated and runs on the editorial page of our local paper. I presume it's the Strib column, but perhaps he has another for syndication. He is like Steyn...where do they find the time?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-12-27 09:43|| 2006-12-27 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Lileks writes the "Daily Quirk" column and other stuff for the Strib and a syndicated op-ed for Newhouse News Service, along with the legendary "Daily Bleat." He's never been shy about critiquing the Strib's house editorials or other Strib columnists in his web commentary. (For example.) If he worked at the NYT, he'd be gone by now.

Posted by Mike 2006-12-27 10:18|| 2006-12-27 10:18|| Front Page Top

#6 I love how the 'Times Select' has put a fence around Dowd, Rich, Herbert, Goodman, etc. Obstensibly to raise revenue, TS has had the effect of limiting damage to the NYT brand by ensuring that bloggers couldn't tee-off on MoDo every day. I'm sure that alone slowed the slide in the NYT stock.

Fences are bad for immigration but good for NYT columnists.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-12-27 11:20|| 2006-12-27 11:20|| Front Page Top

#7 TS has had the effect of limiting damage to the NYT brand by ensuring that bloggers couldn't tee-off on MoDo

It also has the happy by-product of limiting interest in what they write.

Posted by Shipman 2006-12-27 14:06|| 2006-12-27 14:06|| Front Page Top

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