tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post3730414695375764297..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Sunday Dec. 21 -- Got news or a question?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-5382099983106700302008-12-21T14:11:00.000-08:002008-12-21T14:11:00.000-08:00Exchanging Christmas greetings is not what it used...Exchanging Christmas greetings is not what it used to be. I think we have to cut these sad journalists some slack this time of year. A pink slip for Christmas is McLame, as the BO beanie-wearing groupies might chant. <BR/>----------------<BR/>-Register Closes Weeklies-<BR/>by Paul Bass <BR/>The Journal Register Co.… [shuttered 16 weeklies] in Connecticut.....employees were summoned to the New Haven Register building for a meeting on Thursday.....It still stung that the company waited until the week before Christmas to deliver the news. <BR/><BR/>[“It’s like,‘Merry F**king Christmas,’] you know?” said one employee present at the meeting. <BR/>http://tinyurl.com/3weqxkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-4464613969730846752008-12-21T12:03:00.000-08:002008-12-21T12:03:00.000-08:00Ha! Last time I heard anything about that propagan...Ha! Last time I heard anything about that propaganda school, old Marxist professor was getting fired from his other job for Plagiarism. 31 million is a drop in the bucket for that case of reputation rehab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-87668812667860692252008-12-21T11:09:00.000-08:002008-12-21T11:09:00.000-08:00-University of Missouri-Columbia j-school gets $31...-University of Missouri-Columbia j-school gets $31 million gift-<BR/>St. Louis Post-Dispatch<BR/><BR/>[snip]… The gift will used to set up the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute for [advanced studies in journalism and its role in democracy], which will include a "journalism future laboratory and technology demonstration center." <BR/>------------<BR/>Out-of-touch alert: J-school money for a dead profession? Exploring dishonest journalism and its role in screwing a democracy? A lab for liars? Old Marxist profs get another vacation in Cuba?<BR/>ROTFLMAO - W2FAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com