Newspapers spent 8 years cheerleading Bush and his war

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and now they are paying the price. I'm glad to see the chickenhawks are coming home to roost for these fuckers.

Who's Going to Buy the U-T?
By RANDY DOTINGA
July 28, 2008 | The San Diego Union-Tribune is for sale, but there's little chance that the usual suspects will want to buy.

A year or two ago, the newspaper's newly announced bid for buyers might have drawn attention from publicly traded media companies, including some with reputations for high-quality journalism. But the newspaper world has entered an unprecedented state of collapse over the last several months.

"Given the devastation and uncertainty in the industry, it is unlikely that a public company would make a large purchase right now, as they would have their head handed to them," said Lauren Rich Fine, a retired Merrill Lynch newspaper analyst who teaches at Kent State University.

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One thing is clear, however: Battered by sharp falls in subscribers and advertising, the nation's 21st-largest newspaper is not in a position of strength. Its bid for buyers seems to be a sign of desperation.

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/07/28/news/01ut072808.txt

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1. perhaps if they went back to practicing actual investigative journalism

they may be able to recover. But as long as they practice nothing more than dictation from the governments they purport to monitor, their slide into oblivion will continue.