Re: Media taking action in proposed sale

[Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>]

<<On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 21:01:50 -0400, "Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com> said:

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> Please.  Don't be so na\357ve.  Ever hear of the First Amendment?
> William Randolph Hearst?  William Loeb?  Newspapers slant their news
> all the time, and they are under no obligation whatsoever to present
> any balanced viewpoints.

Except, of course, for the obligation to succeed in the marketplace.
Piss off enough of your readers -- particularly in a small media
market -- and you won't have a newspaper for long.

-GAWollman