The Los Angeles Times is considered to be a very bias newspaper, no it's not the worst by any means, but it has been known to push political issues like there is no tomorrow.
Some say it is just catering to the readership.
Indeed, I completely disagree, as you can lean one way and report the news without jading every article with pure political rhetoric and opinion, or bury stories for opposing candidates or views on page B-12, if you can find it.
Some have accused the LA Times of being nothing more than filler and fluff, or a set of filing folders to hold countless colorful brochures, like your mailbox full of junk mail after 4-days; it's stuffed.
Now the o Tribune Corporation, which owns the LA Times has filed for bankruptcy with debt slightly exceeding what Congress is willing to give to bailout the automakers on this first go around; 15 Billion USDs.
Ouch! How can one company get so far in debt, last quarter the lost well over 100-million dollars, but why, it was at a time when the Barack Obama Campaign had spent some 400 million dollars in advertising.
The LA Times was quite good to him during the campaign.
Unfortunately, California is a state that is of the bluest blue.
And the LA Times offers no excuses for leaning that way, despite LA is a much lighter shade than let's say the Bay Area.
The LA Times has had a tough time with classifieds due to online companies like Amazon.
com and Craigslist.
com and they have been hurt with real estate and car sales ads at an all time low.
Businesses have also cut back, and like I said they never got the juice like other newspapers did with Barack's big money.
The LA Times is only one paper dying on the vine, other large papers are seeing the end of the end as online news is more up-to-date, headlines appear on your cell phone and alerts come to your email.
Now mind you the LA Times is actually making money, no not breaking any speed records, and yes in trouble, but it did turn a slight profit unlike the other business units in the Tribune Portfolio, many involving commercial real estate.
Lots of jobs will be cut at the Tribune Corporation, and if we really care about jobs, and the politicians owe that media company favors, will they bail them out too? Times are changing, like Google Founder stated recently, this is perhaps the last decade for the printed newspaper as we know it.
And the 70-million baby boomers have indeed, embraced the technology of news online.
But looking back, I am not the least bit surprised, you see I live in California and recall that the business section is usually a couple of days old, by the time you read it, you already know about it.
It's been on the financial news stations and all over the Internet.
Some business people say it's a throw away.
Same with their attempt at a science section, in fact, I can remember several articles that hit the online newsletters of the Science Magazines with major new discoveries over a week before the Los Angeles Times ever picked up the story, I can understand a one-day delay, but when they wait until the next week or weekend after 5-work days you have to wonder if they are even treating it as news or like AP Filler.
The political commentary that is pervasive throughout so many of the stories has turned me off.
I just want the news, not the slant.
Their chosen slant might be good for Westsiders in LA, but you have to remember that LA is not San Francisco.
The newspaper is huge, lots of paper use, not much substance.
Its poor performance is self-induced they have built cars their readers don't want.
Think on that.
My name is Lance Winslow, a news junkie and I thank you for listening.
Some say it is just catering to the readership.
Indeed, I completely disagree, as you can lean one way and report the news without jading every article with pure political rhetoric and opinion, or bury stories for opposing candidates or views on page B-12, if you can find it.
Some have accused the LA Times of being nothing more than filler and fluff, or a set of filing folders to hold countless colorful brochures, like your mailbox full of junk mail after 4-days; it's stuffed.
Now the o Tribune Corporation, which owns the LA Times has filed for bankruptcy with debt slightly exceeding what Congress is willing to give to bailout the automakers on this first go around; 15 Billion USDs.
Ouch! How can one company get so far in debt, last quarter the lost well over 100-million dollars, but why, it was at a time when the Barack Obama Campaign had spent some 400 million dollars in advertising.
The LA Times was quite good to him during the campaign.
Unfortunately, California is a state that is of the bluest blue.
And the LA Times offers no excuses for leaning that way, despite LA is a much lighter shade than let's say the Bay Area.
The LA Times has had a tough time with classifieds due to online companies like Amazon.
com and Craigslist.
com and they have been hurt with real estate and car sales ads at an all time low.
Businesses have also cut back, and like I said they never got the juice like other newspapers did with Barack's big money.
The LA Times is only one paper dying on the vine, other large papers are seeing the end of the end as online news is more up-to-date, headlines appear on your cell phone and alerts come to your email.
Now mind you the LA Times is actually making money, no not breaking any speed records, and yes in trouble, but it did turn a slight profit unlike the other business units in the Tribune Portfolio, many involving commercial real estate.
Lots of jobs will be cut at the Tribune Corporation, and if we really care about jobs, and the politicians owe that media company favors, will they bail them out too? Times are changing, like Google Founder stated recently, this is perhaps the last decade for the printed newspaper as we know it.
And the 70-million baby boomers have indeed, embraced the technology of news online.
But looking back, I am not the least bit surprised, you see I live in California and recall that the business section is usually a couple of days old, by the time you read it, you already know about it.
It's been on the financial news stations and all over the Internet.
Some business people say it's a throw away.
Same with their attempt at a science section, in fact, I can remember several articles that hit the online newsletters of the Science Magazines with major new discoveries over a week before the Los Angeles Times ever picked up the story, I can understand a one-day delay, but when they wait until the next week or weekend after 5-work days you have to wonder if they are even treating it as news or like AP Filler.
The political commentary that is pervasive throughout so many of the stories has turned me off.
I just want the news, not the slant.
Their chosen slant might be good for Westsiders in LA, but you have to remember that LA is not San Francisco.
The newspaper is huge, lots of paper use, not much substance.
Its poor performance is self-induced they have built cars their readers don't want.
Think on that.
My name is Lance Winslow, a news junkie and I thank you for listening.
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