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Monday, February 2, 2009
Info coming in that will rock a McClatchy newspaper
I am attempting to verify information on an incident that has the potential to rock a McClatchy newspaper to the core. It involves a high profile figure at that newspaper. More later. . .
A story so shocking ... so core-rocking ... you'll laugh, you'll cry, it will become a part of you.
I shouldn't make fun. Breaking legit stories is hard. I'll be interested to see what you have, how you source it, and whether you give the subject a chance to respond.
Jim Witt should resign. He has lost what little amount of respect he has had in the Star-Telegram newsroom. The only ones backing him now are the cronies who owe their jobs to him. The email outlining Witt's age discrimination strategy is nothing new. He did the same thing in some of the layoffs that occurred last year, which were done by seniority in work groups in most cases. In some cases, cronies of ole Jim were shifted into different work groups, or had a job title that differed from the actual type of work they were doing, so their butts were saved. Bring on the age discrimination suits. The real problem is the publisher, Gary Wortel. He was brought on last year to be an old-fashioned hatchet man to try to raise as much money as possible to pay off Boy Blunder Gary Pruitt's massive debt. He's about to engineer his fourth round of job cuts at a paper that used to make $50 million a year in profit just a few years ago. He's also sold the company's parking lots and wants to sell the second of two downtown buildings Go ahead, hatchet man, keep hacking away. After the cash cow is dead you will still get your bonus check and have your reserved spot for your BMW. Only problems are: You won't need the parking spot when the paper goes out of business, and that check may bounce after Pru, you and the rest of the McCrappy crew have driven us into bankruptcy.
10:05 PM- Well said, and the truth. I'm one of Jim Witt's people, but I have to agree with you. He does play those cards and its makes some of us uncomfortable.
But his email F-up last week as drawn the line. Many of his "people" will be jumping ship soon. He has lost our trust, Revo, Leb and Hate are great people and deserved an apology, not some stupid content sharing lie email.
Jim should retire, cut off his comb over haircut, and go sing his elvis songs to himself. He won't have all of us to kiss his ass and laugh at his stupid jokes.
26 comments:
What stupid email did Jim Witt send out now?
Did Brownie ride id motorcycle through the mailroom, again?
A big shot McClatchy honcho was caught making love to a cardboard cutout of Sarah Palin.
OK we're waiting!
One of the nutcase editors has done something bad. Now, which one?
7:21 He looked at himself in the mirror.
I promise not to tell!
How many post is this good for?
You're such a tease! No fair! Can we at least get a city or state clue?
Tick Tick Tick
Archer05 where are you? Just when we need you the most.....missing in action.
Tick tick tick. Will somebody send a reporter to help.
http://news.newspaperproject.org/
Wow....I think I'll wait all night for this amazing news....What a bunch of BS.....
Hey! Maybe we can all read about it in the McClatchy paper. Of course we want it verified first.
8:06 Can't, newspaper rocked to the core. Gone, no newspaper. Hark what do we do?
A story so shocking ... so core-rocking ... you'll laugh, you'll cry, it will become a part of you.
I shouldn't make fun. Breaking legit stories is hard. I'll be interested to see what you have, how you source it, and whether you give the subject a chance to respond.
Good luck.
Then again, would McClatchy do that? Nahhhh! Come to think of it, at McClatchy they would have written the rumor then reported it as fact.
Is McClatchy getting a bailout and going to use it to buy Gannett?
Jim Witt should resign. He has lost what little amount of respect he has had in the Star-Telegram newsroom. The only ones backing him now are the cronies who owe their jobs to him.
The email outlining Witt's age discrimination strategy is nothing new. He did the same thing in some of the layoffs that occurred last year, which were done by seniority in work groups in most cases. In some cases, cronies of ole Jim were shifted into different work groups, or had a job title that differed from the actual type of work they were doing, so their butts were saved. Bring on the age discrimination suits.
The real problem is the publisher, Gary Wortel. He was brought on last year to be an old-fashioned hatchet man to try to raise as much money as possible to pay off Boy Blunder Gary Pruitt's massive debt. He's about to engineer his fourth round of job cuts at a paper that used to make $50 million a year in profit just a few years ago. He's also sold the company's parking lots and wants to sell the second of two downtown buildings Go ahead, hatchet man, keep hacking away. After the cash cow is dead you will still get your bonus check and have your reserved spot for your BMW. Only problems are: You won't need the parking spot when the paper goes out of business, and that check may bounce after Pru, you and the rest of the McCrappy crew have driven us into bankruptcy.
i hope they are replacing tim kelly in lexington. he has some terrible vp's running that place
Ronda Lokeman DWI this is the information that will rock the newspaper to the core? Please give us a break. Actually, I'm speechless.
10:05 PM- Well said, and the truth. I'm one of Jim Witt's people, but I have to agree with you. He does play those cards and its makes some of us uncomfortable.
But his email F-up last week as drawn the line. Many of his "people" will be jumping ship soon. He has lost our trust, Revo, Leb and Hate are great people and deserved an apology, not some stupid content sharing lie email.
Jim should retire, cut off his comb over haircut, and go sing his elvis songs to himself. He won't have all of us to kiss his ass and laugh at his stupid jokes.
9:42 I guess you got your answer. Worthless story.
5:44, Wortel and Pruitt don't care who jumps ship, Jim's people or otherwise. Just makes their jobs easier.
And if you were Wortel wouldn't you have told Witt to take a week off and for Pete's sake, shut the hell up?
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