Comments on: Sam Zell Attempts To Destroy His Newspapers

By: KevinG

KevinG — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:59:12 +0000

I emphatically agree — I’m just less optimistic, I think, about the size of the role at the point of equilibrium.

By: A Photo Editor

A Photo Editor — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:59:18 +0000

@ KevinG: True but you have to hang onto the part of the newspaper that matters most. Investigative journalism, holding the government accountable, in depth reporting and fact checking.

Newspapers must do things only newspapers know how to do. There’s a point of equilibrium where they exist far into the future with a smaller staff and an emphasis on filling an important role in society. I don’t think catering to advertisers and creating dumbed down graphics is something we can live without.

By: KevinG

KevinG — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:48 +0000

I dunno. Do you pull the bandaid off one hair at time or get it over with in one quick tug? The end result is the same either way.

By: Dave Bullock

Dave Bullock — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:09:40 +0000

I’ve been agonizing over the slow march towards the inevitable death of the LAT for years now. Zell is cattle-prodding the Times toward its demise and this saddens me. So much potential, so many powerful journalists, but SZ has no regard for the paper that Otis built.

A damn shame to think that this great bastion of reportage will soon be fish-wrap tabloid junk.