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2009-03-23 Home Front Economy

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-23 14:46|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I can understand the gloating that liberal media outlets are being shutdown, but at the same time I'm a printing press manufacturer so this does not bode well for me or my company economically. Besides does the closing of the paper somehow limit the spread of leftist ideology?

Posted by Rightwing 2009-03-23 15:13|| 2009-03-23 15:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I can understand that a big-town paper might fail, but Ann Arbor isn't a big town. A small town paper just has to pay attention to the local news, the realtors and the local businesses to survive.

Posted by Steve White 2009-03-23 15:56|| 2009-03-23 15:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Besides does the closing of the paper somehow limit the spread of leftist ideology?

Maybe the Ann Arbor News is caving in to tree huggers. Or maybe they think they are embracing a "green" policy. Or maybe they figure they are going to be in line for carbon credit swaps. Ann Arbor is a liberal area. Or maybe they recognize that many people get their news from the internet. Our local newspaper has a paper version and an internet version. I wouldn't be surprised if the paper version goes away at some point.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-03-23 16:58|| 2009-03-23 16:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Besides does the closing of the paper somehow limit the spread of leftist ideology?

By shifting it on line, the playing field becomes more even. The left has owned the means of communications for so long, ie MSM. Now with the net, they can still spread their bias, but the cost of participating in the process has been made 'democratic' by technological mass production. It's not just for the rich anymore, than were cars and appliances which today we take for granted as being 'middle class'. As the failures of legions of editors and fact checkers has demonstrated, they are no better in the quality of their product than others. In fact, the net was allowed real 'experts' to finally be heard on numerous issues that would otherwise be buried down the memory hole of the inner party.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-23 16:59|| 2009-03-23 16:59|| Front Page Top

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