Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Media The Death of an American Newspaper
Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:20 PM
There won't be many mourners when this one goes down.
Things seem to be going from bad to worse at the Washington Times. And the continued operation of the newspaper, which is owned by Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, seems to be in serious doubt. There's already been plenty of speculation that the paper might fold or go online-only. Sources at the Times said they fear major changes and that the Moon family feud that's driving the paper's turmoil could lead to the Times shutting down in the coming months—with some suggesting that Preston Moon, the reverend's son who serves as chairman of News World Communications, the parent company of the Washington Times, came close to that decision last weekend.
Much more at TPM.
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This is the paper that's allowed ads for the Michael Savage Show. Crap reporting, too. They deserve to be vaporized.
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